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many experiments have been tried in the Botanie Gardens in 
od 
25th Oetober, and Mr. Faweett writes: * The 7,500 seeds sent in 
da ee 
With Néfar on to this consignment Mr. Titi remarks in 
the Bulletin of. e dri — d Agriculture, Jamaica, Vol. IV., 
o. 7 (1906) : r 87 per cent. of the seeds sown germinated, 
but some of the pecie were Eyed inttr — and died, so 
hes bna 5,071 plants survived, or about 68 per cent. of the seeds 
Wardian case arrived ‘with Mer seede, but only 18 plania 
vie raised out of the whole number,” | 
* One hundred were sent in a nip manner to Calabar on the 
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portion left above the soil. Ninety out of the hundred seeds have 
erien metes (Névem ber 7th), and appear healthy you 
plan 
dea te the Royal Gardens, Kew, 135 seeds were sent on J July 6th, 
packed in charcoal in a biscuit tin. They arrived in a mon nth, 
and 123 Mod. On February 12th, 1:03, 20 seeds er sent 
to Mr. J. C. Harvey, Vera Cruz, Mexico, who writes, May 15th, 1903, 
that *out of the 20 seeds of Hevea brinite I have 14 young 
plants. They came up in a few days, and possibly a few more 
all sent in biscuit tins. Those sent to Jamaica were packed in. 
slightly damped incinerator earth, but it was necessary to replace 
the upper part of the packing with: sawdust to reduce the weight, 
as incinerator earth is very heavy, and the box, a two-pound tin: 
rni contained 150 seeds, would have been over parcel post. 
ight. 
* The other tins were filled with damp charcoal finely powdered. ! 
In packing a certain amount of care is required in damping tho. 
charcoal so as ig? get it equally moistened all through, and not. 
either over wet or over dry. is is "M t done by damping the- 
chareoal thoroughly, and then dr rying it in the sun, constantly 
stirring and turning it over till it is uniformly slightly dam 
he incinerator earth, which had been e he elements, 
was damped when received, and only wanted partial drying to fit 
it for packing. Its weight is a ap its use, but both i the 
powdered charcoal have the great advantage of preventing any 
attacks of mould or bacteria likely to cause decomposition. Other 
experiments with powdered coir fibre and coir dust. sawdust, and | 
variously prepared soils have been tried, but the results do not 
seem cessfu 
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in putting the seeds in water for a month, and though that might. 
be effective for a nap or 80, they had all ique ee the end. 
of the month.” 
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