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therefore sown in all the eases between the rows of 
yoiinof plants. 
Fourteen cases having been packed and prepared in 
this manner, I had still a large quantity of seeds — about 
a bushel — remaining on hand. These I determined to 
dispose of in the following manner. Two glazed cases 
had been prepared to take a collection of camellias from 
China to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta. The tea-seeds 
were emptied out in front of these cases and a small 
portion of earth thrown in amongst them. A layer of 
this mixture, which now consisted of about one part 
earth and two parts seeds, was laid in the bottom of 
each case, and the camellia-plants were lifted gently out 
of their pots and placed upon it. The spaces between 
the plants were then filled up to the proper height with 
this mixture of tea-seeds and earth, and a little soil was 
sprinkled upon the surface to cover the uppermost seeds. 
The whole was then well watered, bars were nailed 
across to keep the earth in its place, and the lids of the 
cases were fastened down in the usual manner. 
My collections of plants and seeds, which now filled 
sixteen glazed cases, were in this state when I left 
Shanghae with the Chinese manufacturers and imple- 
ments, as described in the last chapter. This was on the 
16th of February, 1851. The north-east monsoon was 
now blowing steadily along the coast of China. This 
being a fair wind, all sail was set, and in four days we 
anchored in the bay of Hong-kong, having run little less 
than one thousand miles. We at once went onwards in 
the steam-ship " Lady Mary Wood," and arrived at Cal- 
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