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Peppermint, Juniper, Chamomile, Pennyroyal, Thyme, and the like, 
The odour, which is everything in perfumery, of a given species of 
 English-grown Lavender with the French or any other, the English is 
far and away the better, as the price indicates, 50s. to 8s. per lb.! So 
farmers, the men who prepare the fats (a lengthy and tedious process), 
and the producers of the finished pomad 
(Signed) CHARLES H. Pixssk. 
J. R. Jackson, Esq., Kew. : 
AGENT- GENERAL FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA to Royat Garpens, Kew. 
8, Victoria Chambers, Westminster, 
Sin, ovember 1888. 
I nave the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
the 8rd instant, in continuation of your letter of the 8th Au ust, on the 
subject of the request of the South Australian Agticulig AE 1 to 
be furnished with information regarding the possibility of establishing —— 
a market here for scent and medicinal plants, also for vegetable and 
flower seeds, the products of the Colony. E 
thank you, in the name of the Government that I represent, for 
your valuable communication and suggestions. 
The latter I shall act upon without delay, and 1 earnestly hope that : ae 
some good results will accrue from them 
I have, &c. — 
: (Signed) ^ AmrHun BLYTH. 
W. T. Thiselton Dyer, Esq., C.M.G., &c., x a te e 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
Reference may also be made to reports on the same subject in the 
** Reports from the Consuls of the United States” for September 1886 
and April 1889, : 
