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to the purpose of experiments was passed, and 

 may prove, we trust, but the stepping-stone to 

 a wide-spread cultivation of the plant. 



A. A. Erskine. 



I wish to express my sincere thanks for the 

 kind and valuable assistance afforded me by 

 Mr. Carruthers, of the British Museum, F.R.S., 

 Mr. Faunce de Laune, of Sharsted Court, and 

 Mr. W. Leigh Pemberton, barrister-at-law. 



