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[No. 9, NEW SERIES. 



Resolved also, that the Quarter Master General and Commissary 

 General of the Army be thanked for the use of the Tents and Ta- 

 bles required on the same occasion. 



The Police placed at the disposal of the Sub- Committee were 

 m »st diligent in the discharge of their duties, and Col. Boulderson 

 is requested to accept the thanks of the Committee for the admira- 

 ble arrangements made by them to prevent any disorder. 



Read the following letter from H. Cleghorn, Esq., m. d., Conser- 

 vator of Forests — To H. B. Montgomery, Esq. m. d., Secretary 

 Agri-Horticultural Society. 



Sir, — Amongst other places visited during my late tour in the 

 Northern Circars, was Aulapilly 24 miles South West from Vizaga- 

 patam, situated in a fertile part of the district, near enough to the 

 Vindyan range of Hills, to derive advantage from the proximity. 



The Hon'ble W. Elliot had formerly mentioned the existence of 

 an interesting garden here, containing many exotics received from 

 the H. C. Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and as Mr. T. Knox, princi- 

 pal assistant to the Government Agent, wished me to see it, I di- 

 verged from the usual route for that purpose. 



On the 4th instant, I spent some hours in this remarkable garden 

 and being much gratified with my visit, I beg to enclose the list of 

 plants supplied by Dr. Wallich to the deceased proprietor, with a 

 few remarks as to the plants which have succeeded and those which 

 have died ; the Garden Gomashta showed me the different trees, 

 and generally named them correctly. It was not possible during 

 my short visit to note the numerous varieties of Fruit Trees, 

 (Mango, Guava) which at the time were just coming into blossom, 

 but I may mention that I saw five species of the orange family, 

 which I was told fruited freely, as well as the Litchi, Akee and 

 Sapodilla, the first of which has never succeeded in the Society's 

 Garden, Madras. 



I saw a number of seedling Fruit Trees and Graft Mangoes, 

 which were ready for delivery to friends of the family. 



I was much struck by a fine specimen of Uraria Odorata, the 

 only one I have seen south of Calcutta, and by the size of the Cya- 

 putti and Mahogany Trees, which are much larger than we have 

 in Madras. The Melaleuca Leucadendron flowers and fruits abun- 

 dantly and attains a girth of 2J or 3 feet. One Mahogany tree was 



