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As regards the site of the proposed garden, it is always ier to 
ения such an institution as near as possible to the seat of the 
ment, and easily accessible to a large section ж е oputetion: 
Doubtless these points have been duly considered in the selection of 
Aburi. — soil is ned to " good — ihe locality fairly liealthy; 
e, &e. 
The Hon. R. H. Meade, C.B. (Signed). РЕМ 
Sir W. Branprorp GRIFFITH to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
My DEAR а Aburi House, April 5, 1890. 
acknowledge the receipt of, and to thank you for, your 
kind letter " Ra 25th February, i in which spas are Е enough to inform 
me of the receipt of the telegram I sent athurst on my way to 
Accra, and the steps лосу Mr. Thiselton od and yourself have so 
kindly taken to meet m 
Mr. Crowther arrived m on the 16th ultimo, and I have much 
€ in ыша that I owe you many thanks for havi ing selected for 
who appears, from the short acquaintance I have with 
ов preis of all the good qualities I could wish for in a man 
ae to fill the appointment he now holds. 
You will be interested to learn that I left Accra on the Ist March, 
for this place, having come up for the purpose of pushing on the work 
of clearin g the forest and bush on the farm preparatory to Mr. Crow- 
ther's arrival. e have now nearly 8 acres ready for sowing and 
planting, seven of which have been recovered from the forest and bush 
and put in capital order, and the Curator has already sown several 
thousand coffee and cocoa seeds as well as those of other kinds in 
smaller initié I have also written to the Governors of Trinidad, 
British Guiana, and Jamaica, requesting their kind offices in aiding my 
work b sending to me plants and seedlings in accordance with a long 
list transmitted to them. I should mention here that some years ago a 
Wardian case, containing plants, was sent to me at Lagos from Trinidad 
through Messrs. Elder, Dempster, & Co., Liverpool, and the plants did 
not suffer at all from the long voyage 
Inote what you state with regard to the Egyptian cotton, and I have 
given Mr. Crowther minute and special instructions that it should be 
placed on record that when any is harvested specimens are to be sent 
The Natives for many miles round are already evincing much interest 
in this experiment on the part of my Government, and I feel confident 
that the good beginning which n made will be carried on until 
the useful y beneficial aim for which this centre bas been established, 
is accomplished. 
With kind regards to you, and to Mr. Thiselton Dyer, 
Believe me, 
D. Morris, Esq., (Signed) W. BRANDFORD GRIFFITH, 
Royal Gardens, Kew. Governor. 
