METHOD OF rACICIXG PLANTS FOR EXPORTATION. .^4.7 



here, in a very flourishing state ; and a piece of ground is 



clearing in the mountains, to which they are intended to 



be removed the next season." 



I requested the gentleman, to whose management tbp African ■•hut* 



plants were entrusted, to acquaint me how they succeeded, ^^'"'/^ I'-nglauJ 



' ^ •' ' in the same 



and to use the same moss in packing up for me some of the moss, 



wild plants of that neighbourhood, which he did in June 



last; and at the same time I received a letter from Mr. 



Macaulay of that place, with the follow ;■: intelligence. 



*' The plants which were bought of you, and sent out by 



the African Institution, all thrive very well, except the 



tea tree, sour sop, and a few othersl The mulberries, &c., 



grow most luxuriantly; most of the trees have hecu re- 



itioved to a more temperate situation, about three miles 



Jieuce, where the remainder will soon also be planted." 



This letter arrived by the Derwent, captain Colombine, and arrived in a 

 who also brought me a box of plants packed up in t'>e ^^^J^^^j^ ""^ 

 jnoss, which had been previously sent with the above; and 

 although the package did not arrive at Brompton before 

 the 5th gf October last, the plants were in a fine state of 

 vegetation, and are now growing in my hot-house; and 

 ^ven the moss itself had preserved its vegetative state, and 

 was perfect. 



I have been thus particular in my description of the fact, 

 as it is a corroborating proof of the utility of this moss for 

 S.uch purposes ; and as the removal of trees cannot be othcr- 

 jyise effected in long voyages, without great expense and 

 inconvenience. 



1 am, with great respect. Dear Sir, 



Yours very truly, 

 WILLIAM SALISBURY. 



Reference to Mr. Salishury's Method of inanaghrg Plants, 

 after they are removed from the Puclcage. ISee Plate 

 IX, F^.^2, 3. 



The plan fig. 2, at the bottom of plate IX, represents, M;"1-od r.f ma- 

 on a small scale, sections of the beds and alleys, with the J,][_"^;;"^'-^^^^^ 

 plants as first set. The beds, aa, are to be made on level tiioir airi\al. 

 ground, each bed to be five feet wide, with a space, bbb, 

 - between 



