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1879. Extracts FROM Krew REPORT. 
Madras.—Most of the seedlings died off pe ев Colonel 
Grant reports at commencement of present year :—“ At present only 
“ two or three are looking healthy, and from them I should think very 
_ * little fodder would ever be obtained.” 
South Australia.—Dr. Schomburgk reports from Adelaide :—“ The 
* seeds were sown and all came up. The growth of the plant is 
* vigorous, some of the plants having reached two to three feet, 
e gee healthy, not in the slight st degree affected by the severe dry 
eather we have had to contend with. I have DN plants for 
“ distribution.” 
The ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TRANSVAAL to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
Government House, Pretoria, Transvaal, 
Sm, September 7, 1879. 
E the honour to acknowledge and thank you for your letter 
of July 18th, ртт with the accompanying packet of seeds (Cytisus 
proliferus, var.) which arrived safely. 
The seeds have been — in various districts of the Colony for 
the present sowing season, and I shall have much pleasure in communi- 
eating to you at a abuse date the в of their growth and 
progress. 
I have, &e. 
W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, Bn . (Signed) W. Owen Lanyon, 
Royal Gardens, Kew Administrator. 
1880. Exrracts FROM Krew Report, 
Adelaide.—Dr. Schomburgk reports :—“ Тһе seeds have ge 
* uncommonly well, the plants reaching a height of four to five fee 
“ There is not the slightest doubt that this plant weit not iom 
“ in our climate, but in any kind of soil and situation . I 
“ do not doubt a moment that this shrub if sown on the sheep runs, 
* naturally well covered with soil, will "sess become acclimatised, and 
“ will stoek the runs with a new fodder plan 
Brisbane.—In these gardens the seed e freely in the open 
air, but makes bui little progress in its subsequent growth. 
1881. Exrnacrs rrom Kew REPORT. 
Ootacamund.-—Mr. A. Jamieson, Superintendent of the Botanical 
en, reports, July 7, 1881 :— Nothing could be more satisfactory 
5 1 
* made a wonderfully rapid growth, many of them being 15 feet 
* in height, and are well furnished with branches, which are covered 
“ with succulent healthy foliage. I have tried milch cattle, sheep, 
оне ts, бе. with it; sheep and goats eat t are), ; cattle eat 
s it, but do not seem to care for it much. i have o doubt, pon 
d 
м ever, if they were persistently = with it they koal of 
| — 3 “it ee Ке plant is is perfect hardy, and is not affected by frost ! 
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