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tions of plants until the maximum improvement should be consi- 

 dered to have been realised. 



Believe me, &c, 



(Signed) G. H. Thwaites. 

 Any person desirous of making experiments as suggested above 

 may obtain from the Gardens a small supply of the New Orleans 

 Cotton seed. And the Committee would feel obliged by any de- 

 tailed accounts of such experiments for publication in their pro- 

 ceedings. 



The following directions in Mr. Thwaites and Mr. Jaffrey's let. 

 ters must be carefully observed in carrying out the . systematic hy- 

 bridzing of Native Cotton. 



The Committee desire to acknowledge the receipt from Dr. 

 Mudge of a packet of seeds said to belong to a " bright yellow 

 Showy Creeper from the woods of Newara Ellia." Some other 

 seeds, under Dr. Mudge's care, have produced healthy plants, 

 which have not, however yet flowered. 



Resolved, to send some of the seeds now received to the Laul 

 Baugh Gardens, Bangalore, where Mr. New is requested to give 

 them a fair trial. Some seeds will also be forwarded to Utaca- 

 mand (Ootacamund) to Mr. Mclvor. The seeds seem to belong 

 to a species of Crotolaria, but it is feared that they may not be well 

 suited to this climate as the place from which they have been 

 brought is considerably above the level of the sea. 



The monthly accounts are submitted and approved. 



The following Gentlemen are elected Members of the Society 

 with effect from 1st July. 



Amir Ud Dowlah, Major Lawder, 44th Regt. N. L, Rev. P. Per- 

 cival, F. B. Maloney, Esq., C. S. and Major Orr. 



The next Meeting will be held on Wednesday the 7th Septem- 

 ber, at 6 a. m., at the Gardens when the attendance of Members 

 as visitors is requested. 



Walter Elliot, Chairman. 



H. B. Montgomery, m. d., Secretary. 



