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it cools, — it does in six hours, and on the following day the solid 
moved. Should rain or water fall on the picked twigs they 
become нс тыа 
13. The bush is now at its brightest and freshest. I have also enclosed 
some specimens of the flower as at present growing on most of the 
plants. They were picked on the Ist of January, and the specimens 
of the plant оп the same da 
(Signe a) JOHN ФОР 
Riighdice-General, Political Resident. 
Roya rma Kew, to INDIA OFFICE. 
Sir, Royal Gardens, Kew, 30 March 1891. 
I nave the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter 
[В. & S., 152] of February 24, enclosing a сору of a letter received 
from the Political Resident at Aden and informing me of the despatch 
to this establishment of various ее illustrative of the Barilla 
2. These specimens have since meeting and will form a valuable 
addition to the museum of this establishm 
3. The plant sent by Brig ag Et al Jo opp proves to be Sueda 
d L., and not, as stated i r. George Watt's report, communi- 
ted in your letter of August 18, 185 Е. S. & C., 969], Sueda 
ied ¿flora, the so-called * Aden Balsam.’ 
4, 'The manufacture of Barilla has been the subject of inquiry at this 
establishment on the part of the Egyptian Government, and I purpose ` 
publishing the interesting information now obtained in the Kew 
Bulletin. 
m, &c. 
(Signed) W. T. THIsELTON Dyer. 
Sir Charles E. Bernard, K.C.S 
CXCVIII..— ASSAM RUBBER FOR WEST AFRICA. 
(Ficus elastica, Bl.) 
COLONIAL OFFICE to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
Этв, Downing Street, 20 November 1890. 
I am directed by Lord Knutsford to transmit to you, че уош 
information, a copy of a despatch from the Governor о п the 
йй of the Ficus elastica of Asia. 
I am, &е. 
«The Director, (Signed) JOHN BRAMSTON. 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
[ Enclosure. | 
Sir ALFRED Moroney to Log» KNUTSFORD. 
Government н, Lagos, 
My Lorp 13 Oct 1890. 
I mave the honour to Saree 5 the rept direct a 
India, of pe packets of seed of the Ficus elastic 
account by Mr. Gustav тра Conservator of Parasti; "ot the mode of 
culture pursued in Assam 
