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inform you that I have succeeded in raising a large number of plants. 
I have distributed numbers throughout the island, all of which are 
growing very satisfactorily. 
I happy to be able to report good progress with our Botanic 
Garden here. The laying out is completed, and the Gardens are to be 
thrown open to the public this month, The water difficulty has been 
only partly surmounted, and during the late dry season considerable 
difficulty was experienced in keeping things alive. The wet season has. 
high, and flowering profusely. I intend returning the cases in the 
course of two or th i i 
nation at Kew, a large parcel of specimens of ferns, &c. collected on 
this hill and elsewhere. 
I have a fine plantation of tobacco, about one acre, raised from the 
Havana seed you sent me j 
I am, Sir, 
Yours very faithfully, 
D. Morris, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., (Signed) W. R. ELrLioTT. 
Assistant Director, 
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