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to leave any address or instructions for shipping the box. as he had 
intended to do. The parcel remained unopened in the ofhce t 
n th of July, (a period of five months and thirteen days) when the 1 
was taken off and the box left open by a window. By the end of the 
month fifty-three of the seeds had germinated and thrown up stro 
stems. 
A hundred of the others were removed and put in a pan and o 
these, three germinated. 
the longest record of duration foi this seed. 
We give a photograph of the box with a number of the seedlings 
germinated in it. 
RUBBER in BRITISH HONDURAS. 
For some years the Botanic Gardens of Singapore have been 
their measurements during the year. I he LastU P Ub • 
l- r dmv rate of growth but one specimen growing in the Liberian 
Toffee olot has made a remarkable growth, having in three years 
attained to" a* ‘heigh, of 20 feet and a girth of 24 inches” Experi- 
ments in dean weeding are being tried. 
The Honduras station is as yet only commencing its work in 
■ o- lr.nl agriculture but it seems to be doing good wot k all 
improving ^ of the Jack frui , of which seven plants 
are owned by the station and which have grown 10 to 12 feeun two 
years, being spoken of as “ a rare fruit much prized m India. 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR TAKING AND COLLECTING 
OF SAMPLES. 
SOILS. 
A rough sketch of the field, paddock, or block of land from which 
the samples are to be taken should be prepared to accompany the 
1 ' Ti ie spots where the samples are taken are maiked on this 
plam and are numbered. This sketch plan should also mdicate posi- 
tion of roads, creeks, gullies, ridges, general fall, and aspect 01 
land, &c. 
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