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CURATOR, BOTANICAL STATION, ABURI, to RoYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
Str, Botanical Station, Aburi, July 1890. 
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a ‘packet of 
seeds, йты three species of Eucalyptus, together with notes upon 
th also beg te acknowledge receipt of a box of Palm seeds 
(Bactris sp. and Livistona sp.) тё а box of Mahogany seeds, all of 
whick were received in good condit 
In regard to my wor £ at Aburi, T would beg to inform you that 
most of the eaii received from the Royal Gardens, Kew, have been sown. 
Many of them have germinated and are growing well, notably the two 
grown most luxuriantly. [A report upon this will be found in the Kew 
Bulletin for March, 1891. | 
The plants received from Kew are all tabs satisfactorily, and 
seem to be adapting themselves to the clim 
The Governor, Sir W. Brandford Griffith, who takes a Жеў interest 
in the working of the garden, has supplied many valua seeds, 
including Cinchona, Casuarina, Tobacco, Indigo, Jute, "Dot 
leney also expects a lot of seeds and plants from the West Indies 
shortly. 
I think Aburi is a very proper place for a Botanical Station. It is 
at an elevation of 1,400 feet, and the vegetation around is very luxuriant. 
the shade. The soil also is v ood, consisting chiefly of vegetable 
matter, and there is a spring of fresh vrai within about a quarter of a 
mile of the garden 
I have, &c. 
D. Morris, Esq., (Signed) W. CROWTHER. 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
Согохтлі, OFFICE to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
SIR, Downing Street, 12th June 1891. 
I am directed by the jr ici A of State for the Colonies to 
transmit to you, for your information, a copy of a Despatch from the 
Governor of the Gold Coast relative to the Botanical Station at Aburi. 
am, &c. 
The Director of the (Signed) Ковект С. W. HERBERT. 
Royal Gardens, Kew. 
GOVERNOR ОЕ THE GoLD Coast to COLONIAL OFFICE. 
Government House, Christiansborg Castle, 
A Ma 
My Lorp, ecra, 6t 
HAVE the honour to report that I left Christiansborg at 
8.25 p.m. on the 2nd instant, and arrived at Aburi House, for ies 
кире of ti 1 the Botanical Station, at 11.25 p.m . the sam 
