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NOTICE OF WILLIAM GRIFFITH. 



" The following notes addressed to Emanuel Fernandez, plant col- 

 lector at Malacca, may perhaps be useful as containing instructions 

 for the collection and transmission of plants and seeds. They are 

 perhaps worthy of insertion on other grounds, as an example of the 

 pains taking, and patient manner in which Mr. Griffith made his 

 wishes known to the persons employed by him in his pursuits." 



To Emanuel Fernandez. 



" I have received the open box of seeds, and the large case of 

 plants, per ' Tenasserim.' The Ebool seeds were coming up, the 

 dried plants are in good order, and are of very good kinds. 



" Before you put in the palms and fruits with other collections, 

 you should see that they are quite dry, as otherwise they rot and 

 injure the dried plants. When you send up more fruits, etc. put 

 them into open rattan baskets, so that they may be aired. 



** I send a list of palms and rotans wanted very much, and two 

 more glazed cases for seeds : water the earth inside a day before 

 closing the boxes and sending them off to Singapore. Whenever you 

 get any good seeds, dry them, and put them in a letter, directed 

 to me. Seeds spoil by being kept, particularly if kept among wet 

 fruits and dried plants. 



" If you can get flower- pots in Malacca buy two or three dozen, 

 and whenever you get seeds sow them in a pot, and keep them, until 

 you have enough pots filled to occupy one of the cases, then put 

 mould between the pots, and sow more seeds in this mould, fasten 

 the lid down and send off the box to Singapore." 



May 30th, 1843. 



" The cases of plants, etc. have arrived : the fresh plants were 

 nearly all dead. 



" You planted them very well, and cleverly, but some how or 

 other the lids of the boxes were nailed down, and so the plants died, 

 because plants will not live without light. 



" Some of the Ebool seeds have sprouted, one Lanjoot arrived 

 alive, and also the Pakoo Gal owe. 



" I will send soon two glazed cases, in which you may put plants 

 as before, and seeds of palms, or any good plants : sow them in the 

 same manner, and three or four days before the cases are despatched 



