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and, indeed/the fact had been previously stated to us by Mr, Traill, when in 

 England in 1838, that the Pacha had sent Mr. M'Culloch, one of his head 

 gardeners, to British India, and that he had brought to Egypt forty cases of 

 plants, seeds, and roots.] 



" I have been favoured by Mr. Traill with the following interesting statement 

 as to the success of his horticultural experiments : — 



" ' Rhoda, 9th February, 1838. 

 "'Dear Sir, 



" ' While sending you the enclosed list of some of the more valuable 

 plants introduced into the gardens of His Highness Ibrahim Pacha, since their 

 formation in 1830, allow me to state that we possess, besides, many highly 

 interesting species, as the mango, cocoa nut, black pepper, cinnamon, tea, &c. ; 

 but, being a very recent acquisition and now under experiment, I have thought 

 it better not to add them, until enabled by time to form an opinion as to the 

 probability of their naturalisation. 



" ' Thehst sent you contains only such subjects as have either been decidedly 

 acclimated in Egypt, or from which satisfactory results have been obtained. 

 *' ' I remain, dear Sir, 



" ' Yours most faithfully, 

 " ' Br. Boiuring. " ' (Signed) James Traill. 



" ' List of some of the most useful Plants introduced into Egypt within 

 the last eight Years. 







Date of 





English Name. 



Botanical Name. 



Intro- 

 duction. 



Observations, &c. 



Star apple - - 



Chrysopliyllum Cainito 



1830 



Acclimated — but has not yet produced 



fruit. 

 Introduced by Mr. Briggs many years ago. 



Guava 



Psidium pomiferum - 













but, having been neglected, no result was 









obtained till taken up by me in 1831 — 









is now perfectly naturalised — producing 









fruit abundantly. 



Coffee 



Coffea arabica 



1S30 



Seed sown in 1830 — several plants of which 

 produced fruit last year, but, from the 

 extraordinary care required in preserv- 

 ing the plants, ultimate naturalisation 

 very doubtful. 



Teak 



Tectona grandis - . 



1831 



Of six plants raised from Indian seeds, one 

 has now attained the height of 29 ft. 

 4in., being an average growth of up- 

 wards of 4 ft. annually ; girth at one 

 foot from the surface of the ground 

 2 ft. 4Ain. 



Another plant of smaller dimensions pro- 

 duced seed last year. 



Papaw tree - - 



Carica Papaua 



1834 



Acclimated — fruited. 



Arnotta - - 



Bixa Orellana 



— 



Acclimated — grows freely — but hitherto 

 no produce obtained. 



Allspice - - 

 Sago Palm . - 



Myrtus Pimenta - 1 

 Cycas revoluta - S 



- 



Live, but do not prosper. 



Cu!.tard apple - 



Annona Cherimoya - 



— 



Acclimated — not fruited. 



India rubber tree 



Ficus elastica 



— 



Ditto — vegetates freely. 



Turmeric 



Curcuma longa 



— 



Ditto, ditto. 



Arrow root - . 



Maranla arundinacea 







Ditto, ditto. 



Ginger 



Zingiber officinalis 







Ditto, ditto. 



Cedar wood 



Cedrela odorata - . 



— 



Acclimated — tree 14 ft. high — grows 

 vigorously. 



Fustic 



Moms tinctoria . 







Acclimaled. 



Benzoin . - 



Terminalia angustifera 



— 



Acclimated — tree 15 ft. high. 



Cajeput 



Melaleuca Cajeputi. . 







Acclimated— tree 14 ft. high. 



Yam 



Dioscorea aculeata 



1837 



From five tubers planted last year, an 

 average produce of fifteen-fold was 

 obtained — successful cultivation indu- 

 bitable. 



Bamboo cane - 



Bambusa arundinacea 





A small plant, having been placed close 

 by a canal of irrigation last year, threw 

 up three vigorous shoots upwards of 10ft. 

 long, which, having stood the winter 

 uninjured, puts the naturalisation of 

 this valuable plant beyond question.' 



