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seeds of the hemp-palm, valuable on account of the 

 fibre which it yields, and Cryptomeria japonica^ 



Rain Cloak. Hemp Palm. 



a fine timber-tree, were obtained in large quantities 

 on the hills near Tein-tung ; and one of my mes- 

 sengers succeeded in bringing me a good supply 

 of the seeds of the funereal cypress from Hwuy- 

 chow. All these and many other useful and orna- 

 mental trees and shrubs are now flourishing on the 

 slopes of the Himalaya, in the north-west pro- 

 vinces of India. 



Shortly after my arrival in China the council of 

 the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India 

 applied to the government of Bengal for any 

 assistance I could render them in the way of 

 sending the society seeds and plants of useful and 



