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the event of its being necessary to make experiments for the growing 
of Plants that will not seed in the Botanical Gardens that it should be 
done at the Penal Settlement by convi6t labour under a competent 
gardener. 
Descriptive List forwarded with the Rice Samples by 
Mr. Mintv. 
A. Banafool. — A short round strong straw-coloured seed. Sample 
reaped— a long thin straw-coloured rice. Crop, a 
failure, only a few seeds springing. Sample reaped 
not identical with seed sown. 
B. Oush. — Seed sample destroyed. Sample reaped, a light brown 
chocolate-coloured rice, round and long — regular 
crop. 
C. Kalandy. — Seed sample— a pale bluish straw full sized rice. Sample 
reaped, identical with seed — a regular but only fairly 
close crop. Strong straw. 
D. Shaban.— Seed sample— short and well filled, a rich straw colour, 
similar to Banafool. Sample reaped, a bluish straw 
coloured rice, longer and thinner than the seed sample. 
Crop, a complete failure, sample seeds apparently 
good — produce not identical with sample. 
E. Dholey — Sample seed— a fine rich light straw-coloured one. Sample 
reaped, a dull greyish straw-coloured rice, crop poor. 
F. Nonaboldar — Sample seed— a dirty dark coloured short seed — 
received in bad order. Sample reaped, similar to seed 
but slightly lighter in colour. Crop almost a failure. 
G. Lalljota. — Seed a light bluish straw colour. Sample reaped almost 
identical but straw colour not quite so pronounced, 
heavy crop. 
H. Jota Kolmy. — Seed, a medium sized light brown colour. Sample 
reaped similar to seed but slightly darker in colour. 
A fair crop but a little thin on ground. Straw very 
big and strong. 
I. Surgee Monee. — Seed, a light brown straw-coloured small sized one. 
Sample reaped, along seed, light chocolate red colour, 
looks very like Oush. Crop, a failure, only a few 
tufts having grown. 
