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the canes, and no information other than that the seedlings were tained 
from seed received from Barbados, accompanied your Miu above 
referred to, so d pending a more authoritative common name, the 
cane is now known here generally by the name of Kewensis ; P shall be 
glad, however, to entertain any correction in the nomenclature 
Great care has been taken in propagating the cane with the result 
reliable persons in various parts, so that the vai ety is in a fair way to 
spread over the sugar Blowllg districts, and each year increasing 
the available su analysis [printed above] taken by the 
Colonial Sugar Refinery Company, at their laboratory, New Farm, 
Brisbane, from px d of im v he 10 months old, may be 
cheba Nan but ing if you must remember that the canes had 
first of all to spend a Bee days in tfávellig from the Mackay nursery 
to the laboratory. 
I have, &c. 
. (Sign gned) ' PETER McLean. 
The Agent General for e E Under Secretary. 
Victoria Street, London, S.W, ; 
ROYAL Garpens, Kew, to QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT OFFICE. 
: Royal Gardens, Kew 
SIR, August 12th, 1896 
vE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of you r letter ae 
August 10th, transmitting correspondence ee ~ subject of seedling 
sugar-canes sent to Queensland in October 1 
hav 
ve read the report with great intrest and satisfaction. The 
results so far in other sugar-growing colonies of the attempt to obtain 
improved varieties of sugar-cane from seed have scarcely n so 
promising. In a case of this kind success is always a matter of pure 
chance. It is a piece of great good viaa that a cane of merit has 
TE supplied to Queensland by this m 
. The history this important suiii cannot be carried very far. 
It was raised at Kew from seed obtained from the Botanie Station at 
Barbados. The or a of this is not certainly known. It was probably 
the Bourbon or Otaheite. But as the pose A can only be regarded as 
a seminal sport, the parentage of the seed is really immaterial 
The cane may be conveniently spoken of as the “ Kew seedling ” 
or, if preferred, as Kewen 
m, &c. 
igne W. T. THISELTON-DYER. 
C. Shortt ae Esq., C.M.G., 
Queensla nd Government Office, 
Westminster Chamber: 
1, Victoria Street, S.W., 
