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2. As soon as any attempt is made in earnest (K ) 



to produce silk here, I will not fail to make use gu^frfntendTnt 

 of your valuable information, for the benefit of ^^GarTef 

 any persons who may come forward ; but at present 

 nothing is doing, excepting under the delusion I 

 formerly mentioned, of growing large trees only, 

 to the neglect of the ordinary Indian practice. 



3. Since my last letter to you, I have despatched 

 by sea two boxes of living plants, both of the larger 

 variety of white mulberry and the doppia foglia. 

 These were consigned to the Secretary to Govern- 

 ment in the Territorial Department, Calcutta. I 

 am not aware of the date of sailing. I will not 

 fell to adopt your hint, respecting forwarding the 

 cuttings of the doppia foglia and other new sorts. 



4. I am happy to inform you, that I have re- 

 ceived living trees of the Italian white mulberry 

 by the Hugh Lindsay steamer. They were mostly 

 six or eight feet in height, with roots, and were 

 packed in moss. Nearly all are alive, and as soon 

 as the shoots have formed wood of sufficient hard- 

 ness to allow of cutting, I shall take an opportu- 

 nity of forwarding a portion to you. They are 

 chiefly the same with the doppia foglia^ and some 

 perhaps the same with the larger variety from St. 

 Helena, but not so uniformly entire or divided in 

 the varieties as formerly received. Their iden- 

 tity, or otherwise, with the others, can be better 

 judged of when more fully grown. 



5. I think the specimens you kindly forwarded 



to 



