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* obtained, will, in view of the importance of the subject, be disposed 
* to support these nva by such funds as are necessary for 
* the purpose in 
* 9. Now that ss fact that certain varieties of sugar canes may 
* produce mature seed appears to be available for their improve- 
ment, it is desirable to carry out a series of detailed and sys- 
* tematic experiments to determine how far it is possible to cross one 
* variety with another and to produce a progeny possessing definite 
* and desirable characters in a larger degree than either parent. This 
* is a natural development of the^present position, but the results 
* will entirely depend upon the skill and judgment brought to bear 
* upon them 
« 10. To assist p this work it may be found desirable to carry on 
"x oa eS a of the kind suggested in the last paragraph at t the 
itg ical vier esie at Jamaica, Trinidad, and British Guiana. 
With this view, and the concurrence of the e government at Barbados, 
* a few of the seedling canes, and if possible, some of the seed might 
“ be distributed to these establishments for the joint observation and 
" tatem pner of the botanical and analytical officers connected with 
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"31. As aai interest is taken in this matter outside the 
* West Indies, Mr. Thiselton Dyer will be glad to receive a few 
seedling canes for experimental cultivation at Kew. Further it is 
zag aie from a scientific point of view to obtain specimens of what 
nown to be mature seed of the sugar cane, and to place such 
* specimens for piles and reference in the herbarium attached to 
* this establishment E: 
* T am, &c., 
* (Signed) D. Morris. 
* Edward Wingfield, Esq., C.B., 
“ Colonial Office, S.W.” 
CXV.—CINCHONA IN JAMAICA. 
In a letter from the Colonial Office dated May 31, 1860, Lord Blach- 
ford (then Sir des rick Rogers) informed Sir William Hooker, by the 
direction of the e of Newcastle, “that the gentlemen in charge of 
“ Trinidad, who have accordingly been requested to make preparations 
in suitable spots for the reception of any seeds that may be conveyed 
to them 
The result i is recorded in the following quotation from the history of 
** over 400 plants quite ready for planting out." As the climate of Bath 
was unsuitable for the suecessful growth of Cinchona, by the kindness 
of the late Dr. Hamilton, they were tried at Cold Spring Coffee Plan 
tation, St. Andrew, at an elevation of 4,000 ft. There Mr. Wilson 
found * the climate and soil to be all he could desire, and as it affor ded 
** every facility for carrying obt so valuable an experiment, he at once 
availed himself of it, and planted out in the coffee fields on the 16th 
