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other parties, who have likewise been consulted 

 on the subject of the present reference to you. 



To C K, Robison, Esq., Secretary to the Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural Society. 



I am directed by the Board of Trade to transmit Letter to 



, ,1 1 ^ jlx Horticultural 



TO you the annexed copy oi a letter, and or its society, 

 enclosure, from the Secretary to the Government 

 of Bombay, under date the 14tli ultimo, respecting 

 the different species of the mulberry tree, and 

 other points connected with its cultivation, and 

 to beg that you will lay the same before the Com- 

 mittee, with a request that they will kindly reply 

 to the several queries therein propounded, and 

 also to report their sentiments, generally, on the 

 subject of Dr. Lush's communication. 



2. I have to express the regret of the Board at 

 their inability to furnish the Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Society, at present, with a portion of 

 the specimens of the mulberry-leaves referred to 

 in Br. Lush's address, as the same, forming but 

 one complete set, have been forwarded to Dr. 

 Wallich, the Superintendent of the Botanic 

 Garden ; but they may hereafter be transmitted 

 to you, should the Society be particularly desirous 

 of inspecting them. 



I am, &c. 



