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Canada. (Tellej' thought that district too 6xpe£isi\e): 
with Tetley for some special work in central Canada : 
with Liipton fov Vv'inuipeg and Jlanitoba, and m\j 
ftrraijge will: Cli'piiau for YaiiConveL-. This will 
cost 111 ore th iii the special grant of i'oOO, but I can 
contribute p.3 much more from the savings effected 
from mv not going over dnriug this hot weather, 
&c., &c. To shoiv how one Canadian men follows 
another, wiiere the pioneer work has been done, 
I may meatioa chat i-.i Montreal, where .-v year ago 
Larkiu and Telleyhadthe field practically all to them- 
selves in I eylcii advertising, thira are now about 
ten firms pushing Ceylon pack?ls. Lirldn writea 
he is certain las opponents nil! soon be after him 
in the E istem piovitices, and that lie now ia con- 
vinced the many fiiras advertising Ceylcn teas are 
making considerable im Mession in ' Jo-pans." 
From che Stales, I n.ive doleful accounts: "Since 
impositio:! cf dr.cy business dos's noc p ly postage 
stamps, it'o " We mu.?t, as I said before, help the Eng- 
lish liousys to peg away. The war is nearly over. 
I see the Obserrer agrees with me — the establish- 
ment of Russian bayevs in Colombo raef.ns that the 
Kussiau liiaiket will fast open to us. — Yours truly, 
(Signed) Wm. Mackk-nzik^ 
Kaii.Ij-, 23rd Ang. 1898. 
SiTi, — I enclose copy cf a further letter from 
Mr. Wni. Alaekenzie to Mr. Lane tof;etber with 
llie vaii'ius siiL'cuiieii.-i of advertisements received 
at the same time. —I am, .sir, yours failhfuliv, 
A. PHILIP. 
Sccrelary, "ThirSy Committee." 
Scotlaiitl, 2nd August, 189S. 
Deau Lane, — American mail just come in and with 
it much interesting correspondence. Our New York 
PressniA!), whom we have sent round the large 
cities to hi iuterviewid, writes me he h.ad been very 
sucoessi'ul in getting our story (copy sent for last 
week) into lha p:ipers. lie secured five insertions in 
Philade'plii.i, six in Piitsbiirg, four in Chicago, four 
in Toled i aud four in Detroit. He is also getting 
in the story of ihs present of 100 chests to the 
American Army, which was unfortunately stopped by 
neutrahly considerations. All this costs us uotbing 
beyond ihe Pressiuau's travelling expenses, as ihe 
Provincial Press lend the courtesy of their columns 
to a New York brother while we coulJ not buy the 
space. 
I have he.ird from N5r. Chipmaa aua have replied 
offeri iR to aid him as per terras of your letter of 
Ist June — copy of which he sent me. I have explained 
our ludihod luily, and have jiointed oui; that I have 
110 power 'o .ipp.-iiiit Commissioners for certain terri- 
toii^s, as he. requested. 
Mr. Wiight'.s greens. — Writing ine on 3 ?th July, 
Mr. Laikiu siy.s ^gain th.it he had no. received Mr. 
Wright's samples. .Mr. W. promised me he would 
Bend tiiom to a uumber of fiinis cf which I sent 
him a list. I enclose Totloy's report on them, also 
a rejoit and valuation from Buchanan & Co.'s agent 
ia Toronto. Both agree witli me that tnese tsas 
should compete fa .our.Lbly with Japms. Ba^, I think 
thj TjiojIo nuiu values them low, hoping no doubt 
to secure them at his own figures. Therein lies the 
difficulty not in making Ihs teas, but in breaking 
througu the ring of vested intere-^ts already in pos- 
sessioa of tU,- Lold, and tlie t:a;'o. The iniporttra 
with establislimsp.ts for firin ■, bienain.^j and packing 
%> standards in Japan hold the trade as the large 
breweries hold "tied houses" in the l.cer trade. I 
send all iiuoiinition regarding these giccns through 
you, becauio I tlii It the Committee entitled to the 
banelit of ail worlt I do. 
This mail brings p pers containing many advertise- 
ments and rt leitucis to '' Salada C#ylon ' tea. You 
will Bee it is now advertised in 4St) papers. I send 
one of nnuy circulars constantly being ecnt out. 
loditn ttva occasionally appears. I scud one hitting 
at Ceylon as will as China and Japan. Buffalo 
dea.ers are now following this example in Montreal, 
and are advertising Ceylons extensively. One by one 
the towns fall in. The more the dealers do, from 
rivalry, the less we need do. Helping one to give 
a lead is our best pohcy.— Yours, etc., (signed.) 
W. Mackinzie. 

PLANTING NOTES. 
Ckylon Tk.a. ix America.— Mf. Warr sends 
lis the kind of letter that Ceylon iilanteis will 
like to read as eominpr fioiii an American 
gentleman, resident in Colombo. What a bond of 
union we should liave between this " Lden of 
the Eastern V\'ave " and '-the great American 
liepublic" if we converted her 80 iniliion.s of 
people to drink Ceylon Tea in preference to 
Brazilian Coft'ee : Mr, \'\'arr must liel)) us in 
the battle : 
The W'kst Inuiks a.s.«ume a new interest for 
us now that Dr. Morris of Kew at one time of 
Feradeciya (who will be his successor may be 
asked ?) is going to the Ear AYe.^t, to establish 
an " Agrlculuiral and Botanical Department," on 
which £17,000 a year (or, say B25o,00ii) is to be 
expended. This is what Ceylon ought to have. 
It remains to be seen wliere"Di. Morris is to fix 
his headquarters. Meantime if any one wisl.es 
to visit the West Indies, it may be interesting^ 
to learn that he should fix on "Trinidad as the can"- 
tre and lieudquarters of a visit to the West Indie.s. 
It i.s accessible, not expensive, and makes an 
admirable ceiiiie for further voyages. There are 
good lines of steamers diiect fronrEurope, and a 
hrst-class return fare is only §17-5. The' island 
has the best hotel in the "West Indies, with 
charges of from $2 to .^3 ],er day. Eor a further 
-S15J the visitor can make a cruise to St. Tliomas 
Santa Cruz, Antigua, St. Lucia, Barbadoes, and 
Demerara, and make a trip up the Orinoco. Eor 
four months he can v ander among the island."!, 
living on comfortable steamers at a cost of §2 'So 
per day ; and we (Spectator) agree with Mr. 
Stark_ that he will probably never regret the 
experiment." " 
Elorida Vklvet Beax— The Director of ths 
Eloiida Agricultural Experiment Station, in his 
Bulletin 43 for September, 1897, on page 637, 
gives the name of this Bean as above "instead 
of Mucuna pruriens, as given in a recent issue 
of the Gardener's Chronicle, and s]ieaks of it as 
follows :—" Another legume tliat has lately come 
into prominence, and that promises to be a valu- 
able agent in reclaiming the worn-out soils of 
Florida, and also a most excellent food for stock, 
is the Velvet Bean. During tlie past two years this 
station has been conducting expeiiments with this 
plant, and the results lia\ e been very promising. 
It is now known that the plant w'ill grow lux- 
uriantly all over the State, and stock of all kinds 
are exceedingly fond of it. Tlie practical resul.'s 
of feeding have been all tliat could be desiied, 
and we believe it to be equal to the best legumes 
in feeding value. In the near future it is pro- 
posed to make a complete chemical studv of this 
plant in dillerent stages of growth, and ' to pub- 
lish the information for the benelit of farmers. 
There is scarcely a doubt that it will yet play 
an important i)art, not only in solving tlie forage 
problem in Eioiida, but in improving both the 
mecliuiical (condition and productive cajiaeity of 
our thin sandy lands, by increasing tneir stores 
of both nitrogen and iuimus, and e.vertinj; 
various other berelicial eflects." The incsent 
retail price of the Beans is about 2.J dollars 
l>er bushel. IT. E. (1. in Gardeners C/troiiiclt of 
Aug. 20. 
