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| PRESERVING THE SEEDS FOR VEGETATION. — 
Many attempts to introduce the Tea-tree into Europe 
~ have proved unfuccefsful, owing to the bad ftate of the feeds 
when firft procured, or to a want of judgement in preferving them 
Jong enough in a ftate capable of vegetation. If this complaint 
arife from the firft caufe, future precautions about fuch feeds 
will be in vain; it is therefore neceflary to procure frefh, 
found, ripe feeds, white, plump, and moift internally. 
Two methods of preferving the feeds have put us in pof- 
 feffion of a few young plants of the true Tea-tree of China; 
one is, by inclofing the feeds in bees wax, after they have been 
well dried in the fun; and the other, by putting. them, in- 
cluded in their pods, or capfules, into very clofe cannifters made 
| of tin and arent : But 
‘© See Direétions for bringing over feeds and plants from the Eaft- Indies, by J. 
Ellis, F.R.S. &c: in which particular directions are given, both to choofe the 
proper feeds, and to preferve them in the beft manner for vegetation. Sce alfo the 
~ Naturalift’s and traveller's companion, containing inftruétions for difcovering and 
-preferving objects of natural hiftory, Srer. II. We may obferve here, that the beft 
: -method of bringing over the Parts of flowers intire is to put them in bottles of {pirit 
__ of wine, good rum, firft runnings, or brandy.’ In the direCtions, &c. above-mentioned 
___ the learned naturalift has not recommended this eafy method of preferving the parts 
of f fructification ; but in a future edition, I am informed he purpofes to do it. 
Flowers of the Illicium Floridanum, or ftarry annifeed'tree, publifhed in the laft 
— volume am peieepiical Tran{actions (LX.) were fent to him in this manner. 
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