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Botanical Gardens, Kew, that I have prepared this report, which I 
would respectfully request may be communicated to them - 
arrival at Zomba in August 1891, my attention was first 
directed to choosing a sheltered spot of ground, about an acre in ex xtent, 
which I had brought out with me. The clearing of the jungle, hoeing 
of the land, and the erection of thatched 1 sheds was soon accomplis ed by“ 
natives (Yaos) rom the neighbouring villages, and I, was glad to find 
that really iiw iens work ns be got from these people with just 
treatment. and er supervi When they first mustered with their 
little circular diet handled honie made hoes I felt disposed id look ni 
despair on the prospect of ever getting effective work do iJ] 
found, however, that turned up the soil well, and when piapa 
European implements were placed in their hands they proved: to 
good native ene crues as any I had previously met with in other 
tropical countri 
“Of the seco sown in the nurseries all the European vegetables did 
Europeans at the station. Hampers of vegetables were also occasionally 
sent to other stations of the administration 
-The tree seeds also germinated well, and included species of Cupressus, 
Si Acacia, Cassia, Ficus, Gr evillea, Citrus, Thuja, Cedrus, 
2 arica (Papaw), &c. 
~The English potato tubers which I had brought with me were 
spoilt, I am sorry to say, in transit, owing to the extreme heat, but I’ 
am happy to state that the seeds of the potato I had With me turned out 
porary i in charge at the resi Ar ‘This vem on as & most useful 
introduction, the potatoes ee her no sign of disease, aad being, as it 
were, neler of the country, they are not so liable to degenerate in 
June 1891, Captain Sclater and I visited Sir John Kirk’s old garden, a 
short way out of town, which is now a ud of the Universities 
Mission. CPU the kind courtesy of the lady I procured 
the seeds of a good many economie and “ornamental plants from the 
garden, such as — coffee, Casuarina, Cassias, Guavas, Anonas, 
Passiflora e, cucurbitaceous plants, pineapple shoots, &e,, 
and tieürly all of dien are now doing well at Zomba. L also brought 
with me'à supply of ripe cacao pods from the same garden or plantation, 
which plant had been introduced years ago by Sir John Kirk. The 
— from these pods, I regret very much to suy, failed to germinate, 
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WHEAT GROWING. 
The barley and oats from English seed did well, and yielded fair 
crops, but the wheat seed from England proved a failure. It germinated 
well, but. per in tufts like grass, and refused to throw up grain stalks. 
Later on, however, I received, through Captain Sclater, a bag of wheat 
seed from the missionaries at Tanganyika. This lot, being acclimatised 
seed (the original having been imported many years ago by the Arabs), 
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