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( Enclosure.) 
Mr. J. H. WHITLEY to Foreign OFFICE. 
125, wae Street, Birkenhead, 
May 6, 1889 
Six, 
As a grower, in our mehrere ve oranges, my attention has been 
drawn to the e of Jaffa oranges. These are considered of a 
variety tha* would improve ours ion in Australia, [ am anxious - 
have some bilibus from Jaffa connected with the culture of the tree 
there, their exac: variety, and, if possible, some properly matured es 
dried pips for seeds. 
Iam not aware of there being a British Consul there to whom to 
addis oe I mets ies to ask for information from the Foreign 
Office as to the agent of the Government in Jaffa, a one exists, or if 
not, to whom I mare sei for the information — 
(Signed) y i Horner WHITLEY. 
The Under Secretary of State, 
Foreign Office. 
RoyaL GARDENS, Kw, to FOREIGN OFFICE. 
Sir, Royal Gardens, Kew, May 13, 1889. 
I am desired by Mr. Thiselton-Dyer to ‘acknowledge the receipt 
of da letter of the 9th instant, with inclosure, on the subject of Jaffa 
orange 
2, “The only informatian sth upon the cultivation of inar variety 
of orange at present available is contained in the United States Consular 
Reports, No. 414, June 1884, pp. 761—762. ‘This Feiern is, how- 
ever, not entirely confined to Jaffa oranges, but embraces — kinds 
cultivated in Syria. Information of a general character respecting Jaffa 
oranges is contained in a Foreign Office Consular Ragone 1884, 
p. 1433; and 1838 (No. 
3. Seeds of Jaffa oranges are obtainable from ripe fruits, which — 
be generally Darin 1 in the season at the larger London shops 
regards the reliability of orange plants raised from seed, an inseriva 
account is given in the Gar deners Chronic le, April 9, 1884, p. 457, of 
an instance where seeds of St. Michael's oranges, obtaine from Covent 
Mentone, produced when the plants were twelve years old, 
“ exactly like the best St. Michael's, smooth and disc dkidned; iens 
é and juic 
Ihe &c. 
Sir Villiers Lisier, s C.M.G (Signe) D. Morris 
Foreign Office, 'S.W 
* 
CCCLXXIII.— WEST AFRICAN CINCHONA BARK. 
In Messrs. Jenkin & Phillip’s Cireular of Cinehona Bark Sales in 
London, dated the 9th Jauuary 1894, it is stated that 2893 bales of 
oi "African" bark were sold at prices varying from 21d. te 514. per 
pound. This bark was succirubra or red bark. 
Again, in Messrs. Lewis and Peat's Annual Report, dated gah January 
1892, it is mentioned that of West Coast African bark “766 bales, 
