170 SEEDS COLLECTED IN INDIA. 



edB ^ een sen t> complains of the packing not having been 



in India. /v> i i -/r i 



sufficient to keep out the wet, as some Mahogany 

 seeds and others had arrived in a damp and rotten 

 state. India rubber cloth having been adopted for 

 the packing of all the subsequent despatches, he 

 writes, " Your August and September despatches 

 have arrived in excellent order. The double India 

 rubber mode of packing is admirable it could not 

 be better." The seeds he describes as excellent of 

 their kind, and the supply of vegetable seeds as 

 exceedingly valuable. He requests a fresh supply, 

 so as to reach him in February for sowing in the 

 hills, also as many flower seeds as possible, both for 

 sowing in the hills and plains. 

 seeds from r f ne se eds collected in India, as is evident from 



India. 



the diversified nature of the country, will require 

 very different kinds of climate. The kinds most 

 valued here are such as are suited to the climate of 

 the country, and therefore can only be obtained 

 in the mountains, at such elevations as the region of 

 Oaks. Those first sent, having been collected by 

 the zeal of several officers, were more promiscuous 

 in nature than is esteemed by the generality of hor- 

 ticulturists. But the later collections have been 

 excellent in selection, and packed so perfectly well, 



