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to Kew some fibre = leaves of a plant from the eae Republic 
known locally as Caraguatá. The leaves were bro 
perfect condition. Moraer it was considered doubtful whether they 
belonged at all to the plant which yielded the fibre. The leaves, as far 
as could be ascertained from the n sent, belonged to a species of 
Eryngium. (Kew Report, 1877, p. 37.) 
2. At the recent Hzposition Universelle held at Paris in 1889, I 
noticed in the Paraguayan Court some leaves oo fibre called Caraguatá 
said to be derived from Bromelia Caraguata. There is no plant 
known to European fotanisie under this name, he Caraguata of 
vio Sd is a plant which it is very desirable bs investigate, and 
specimens of it ina Srg and dried state would be very acceptacle for 
the Sonia at Kew 
3. Mr. Thiselt ton-Dyer ventures to express the hope that the amag. 
of State will approve of the kind offices of the Minister at Bueno 
Ayres being invited tö procure information respecting the Caraguatá 
plant, its distribution, and local uses, and also small specimens of 
living plants, packed in a dry box, and seeds for this establishment. 
or a botanical determination = the ages = is man = obtain 
dried specimens of the leaves, flow These latter 
might be forwarded by post Gaumina je kens of koat noteto by 
cardboa rd. 
4. Any reasonable ore incurred on account of this service, will 
be defrayed in usual course 
to 
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I have, &c. 
(Signed) D. MORRIS. 
Sir Villiers Lister, K.C.M.G., 
Foreign Office. 
The Hon. FRANCIS J. PAKENHAM to FOREIGN OFFICE. 
MY LORD Buenos Ayres, February 3, 1890 
N the receipt of your Lordship’ s despatch of this series, No. 
39, of the 25th of November last, instructing me to procure specimen 
of the Caraguatá plant for the Royal Gardens at Kew, I communicated 
unopened, as it beta 
I have, &e. 
The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G. (Signed) F. PAKENHAM. 
[ ENCLOSURE. ] 
Asuncion, January 12, 1890. 
I BEG to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th 
ultimo, and enclosed copy of a letter, dated 20th November, Royal 
Garden 
By the steamer “ Saturno,” of the Platense Company, I have the 
poea to send to you this day a box AES samples of the 
SIR 
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