During the year I received from the Director of the Kew 

 Gardens small bags of seeds of each of the two new species of 

 Manihot, viz. M.dichotoma, and M.piauhyensis ; a few of the 

 seeds were sown here, the remainder divided equally between 

 two planters, one of them reports that the seeds were bad and 

 did not germinate, the other that he has now planted out 98 

 plants of M.dichotoma and 26 of M.piauhyensis ; here from a 

 smaller quantity of seed we have planted about 30 of M.dicho- 

 toma and 8 of M.piauhyensis; it is quite evident that a large 

 proportion of the seeds were bad, and rotted instead of germi- 

 nating. The plants that we have will be put out for trial and 

 for seed bearing. 



Amongst the plants received during the year two species 

 are worthy of further notice here, the first Pouteria Suavis is a 

 new fruit-bearing tree from Uruguay ; it is said of it that " The 

 fruit is about the size of an apricot, but the shape of an apple, 

 it is yellow and scarlet when mature and possesses a perfume 

 so delicate that it is equalled in no other fruit;" the edible fleshy 

 part of the fruit is small, but is said to have remarkable 

 digestive properties ; the plants will be put out in the Spring, 

 and it is hoped that they will succeed here. 



We have also received from the United States Govern- 

 ment plants of four varieties of Citrus, these are hybrids 

 between Citrus trifoliata, and the common sweet Orange ; they 

 are doing well and will be propagated from if found advisable 

 to do so ; the fruits are scarcely recommended as table fruits, 

 but they are seedless or nearly so, and are said to be very 

 suitable for the manufacture of " ades," that is lemonade, 

 orangeade, etc. 



During the year 179 packets of saeds have been received, 

 also seeds of 5 species of Palms in quantity, 593 packets of 

 seeds have been sent to correspondents, 2255 plants and bulbs 

 have been sent away in exchange, and 761 have been received. 



Free grants have been made as under : — 



D-urban and Coast Agricultural Society 

 Natal Government Asylum 

 H.M.S. "Good Hope" 

 Arts and Crafts Exhibition 

 N.G. Railways 



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In the Colonial Herbarium the specimens have been 

 increased from 41,370, as stated in my last annual report to 

 42,361, an increase of 991 <*riecimens, but it must be remem- 



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