marks : 2 moisture erv cn as much 
P sinit e dried to grind. ` The aboy 1 as 
condition yet ides 12°07 per cent, of wate. S PAn taken în 
The Pi siaki nut is the fruit ofa small. tree w ith 3 5 b lion 
leaflets, native of Syria, M re ch nai 
in a on and other parts v 
e and d fem 
istachio nut into Cyprus. 
, to its cultivation at Aden M gend to be more — ie 
as been. Mer published. 
Mr. ALrnED K. Bovitt to Rovat Ganpens Je a 
SIR, . Nikosia, Cyprus, August 15, 1 
Dvnzixe the winter d 1887-88 I procured some Pi Pistachio pref 
and made an official experiment with a Ey T si 
tinued diaries the winter ‘of 1888-89, and last : 
po ort on the subject, which I — is to ar 
Bl ue Book for 1888-89 
lave been readin; 
@ ps How i is the: Pistachio tree presidaad; from i shodi or irs e n 
from seed only, the seed w aera sp 
