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The Eod letter gives an account of the measure of success 
which attended the last consignment :— 
Mr. J. W. Morr to Roya, Garnens, Kew. 
Laudera ale, 
, British Central Africa, via Chine, 
My pear Sir, 20th September 1895. 
Wardian case you kindly sent me -per s.s. Illovo on 26th 
June last arrived here yesterday, sperd ai 5- days en route. This 
i uld hav 
pointing out that while healthy passengers can fake care of and speak 
for themselves, healthy plants want and lens by their inability to 
shout out for themselves more care and attention 
In spite of the long transit, they are in inp een good condition. 
Only four are absolute ely dead. and. non: -existent, a hole only remaini 
to testify visually to their former existence. These are all Musas. 
Then Cinnamomum Camphora and C. zeylanicum seem quite dead; 
marvellous result after 85 days, a period seldom exceeded, ! should 
think, in these days of rapid beh arin Twenty good, four fair, four 
doubtful, and six dead: excellen 
All the Musas being dead vet me that I have been on the look- 
out since reading your Bulletin on bananas, for seed of our indigenous 
Musa here But it is difficult to ges. and seems to seed very seldom. 
When I get seed I shall send you 
As to the material of the panes, "m is — better than the old 
glass, the varnish or oi melted and a good many leaves had stuck 
to it and been quite spoilt. It had run down tha branches and stems 
of three or four, and appareztly killed them so far. The moment I got 
off the first side, or front, I put sheets of paper over each pane to pre- 
vent this, Perhaps for hot ‘aoe paper or some such impervious 
covering would be of advan 
l gave the plants d ey ae Zt diffused iight in a verandah, 
about 2 p.m., when they arrived, and over an hour again later in the 
afternoon. ‘To-day I have taken them into a room, with both slopes off, 
taking out six or eight that seemed suffering from too much moisture. 
To-morrow I shall have them put into boxes and carefully turned some 
or thrice a day, first in the room, next in the verandah, and lastly in 
shady place in the Tem air. Those that are moribund I shall me a 
little bottom hea 
Hoping many may eventually prove of much use in the country, and 
with my sincerest thanks, eg 
Signed "doy 'W. Mom. 
W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, Esq., C.M.G., C.L. 
Director, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
Before the establishment of the Botanic Garden at Zomba, nbc 
Wardian cases of plants were sent to the African Lakes Company a 
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