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anti-malarian power, hence would also for sanitary- 

 purposes be a valuable acquisition to your Colony 

 and other parts of Western Africa. Some other 

 kinds of Eucalyptus seed I hope to send later when 

 fresh procured." 



The seeds he was good enough to supply were the 

 following : — 



Eucalyptus globulus 

 „ obliqua 



, rostrata 



, polyanthema 



„ marginata 



„ pilularis 



melliodora 

 „ amygdalina 



Acacia melanoxylon 

 „ decurrens 



of which a share of each kind was generally dis- 

 tributed among such persons in our West African 

 Colonies as were likely to endeavour to promote 

 erowth — with what result remains to be seen. Addi- 

 tional supplies of other kinds were subsequently 

 received, which I left at Lagos for like distribution 

 also. 



In their growth my experience at Lagos was that 

 seeds of Eucalypts had best first be sown in boxes, 

 placed in shade, but exposed to the atmosphere, full 

 of rich earth or mould. A sufficiency and not an 

 excess of water is daily required until the young 



