THE TRANSMISSION OF SEEDS TO INDIA. 165 



writer of these remarks, in reference to this subject. Despatch res- 



pectin<; the 



1'ransmission 



The Court say: " We are sensible of the importance O f seeds 

 of the subject to which, in the letter under reply, you 

 have directed our attention, and we have resolved 

 on gradually furnishing you with the means of 

 carrying on extensively experiments for naturaliz- 

 ing in India useful and desirable plants, indigenous 

 in other countries." " We have forwarded some va- to India ; 

 rieties of seeds, &c., highly important either as 

 affording articles of food, or possessing medical 

 virtues, and they will deserve all the attention that 

 can be afforded them." " We shall continue at the 

 proper seasons to send supplies of other varieties, 

 and it is our wish that the greatest care should be 

 bestowed, with a view to their naturalization, for 

 the benefit of the country." 



" With regard to the collection of seeds for trans- from India. 

 mission to this country, we are of opinion, that the 

 expediency of bearing in mind the nature of the 

 climate to which they are to be exposed should be 

 impressed upon those to whom the task is to be 

 committed." 



The Society, after the reading of the despatch ^-solution ,,f 



the A-rrirul- 



and its enclosures, determined, in furtherance of S7Jd!a. clety 

 so " useful and philanthropic an object, that in 



