possess o jd that will enable him to reply to the imani > 
e on behalf of the Agricultural Bur 
I 
am, &c. 
(Signed) — DEERIN 
ao =" istant A ent General. 
zi Ww. Hu. Thiselton Dyer, Esq., C.M.G., F.R. s. 
= Director, or Gardens, Kew. 
x Government OF SOUTH ÅUSTRALIA to Sir ARTHUR BLYTH, 
; -o K.C. 
South Australia, Office of the Treasurer, 
Adelaide, July 2, 1 
the honour to inform you that ata meeting of t 
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them, bs was desired ak you should be asked to solicit inquiries as to 
tet could be found in England, and it was i Me 
dy endeavour to establish euo and flower seed farm here, 
eu a view to Tre the ort of cum and to further that 
nds, t ‘Seon that you will be god enough to 
ES obtain and furnish any information you can on the subject, as desired 
: Y the Agricultural Burea 
m, &c. 
_(Siened) L. H. Sno: 
m a Sir Arthur $i K.C.M.G., C.B., : Under Tete 
vo Ago c for South Australia, pro Treasurer. 
to obtain the information desired by the Agent-General for 
; ia application was made to the well- known authority in 
. the perfumery industry, Mr. Charles H. Piesse, wok over a long period 
of years has always most kindly assisted Kew with information which — - 
t would have been difficult to have procured from any other source. 2 
Exrracr of letter from Mr. CrtanLes H. Presse to RoYar GARDENS, 
Kew, dated 2, New Bond Street, London, October 10, 1888, 
- The question aS to the probability of establishing a trade in per- 
fumery plants between this country and the Australian Colonies is one 
kee could better be discussed viva voce than by letter, as there is a 
d deal to say about it. 
"There is always a market here for the “ Matières premières” used in 
perfumery, and I will refer These 
scen 
ME 
