166 RESOLUTION OF AGRI. HORT. SOC. OF INDIA. 



Resolution of reference to the communication now read from 



the Agricultu- 



india. ociety f the Honorable the Court of Directors of the East 

 India Company, and with the view of aiding as far 

 as possible, the intentions therein expressed, and 

 the labours of those scientific gentlemen at home, 

 who have so kindly interested themselves in the 

 subject a Committee be formed for the purpose of 

 suggesting such plants and trees as may be thought 

 desirable for introduction into India, and those that 

 can be furnished in return, and that the Committee 

 be instructed to obtain communications from the 

 Branch Societies and other available sources through- 

 out India." 



The measures which were adopted here in conse- 

 quence of the resolution of the Court it is unneces- 

 sary to particularize, as more fitting occasions may 



Times when occur for entering into the necessary details. Keep- 

 seeds should 



1 ing in view the necessity of obtaining the seeds of 

 plants of different countries suitable to the different 

 parts of India, the principle exhibited in the tables 

 appended may serve as a guide. To obtain complete 

 success will require only perseverance, and a system- 

 atic arrangement of the means adapted to the ends 

 in view. The roots and seeds requiring tropical 

 culture should be in India by the middle of June ; 



