No:- 323/06 
STRAITS SETTLE MENTS . 
29th August 1906 
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SIR, 
BY THES MAIL I HAVE DISPATCHED TO YOB# 2,100 
PARA SEEDS AMD TRUST SAME WILL REACH YOU PROMPTLY 
AMD IN GOOD CONDITION. 
THE POSTAGE IS HIGH BUT IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO 
SEND SEEDS SO EAR WITH ANY CHANCE OP SUCCESS.I 
SENT DR. PAWCETT SEVERAL THOUSANDS LAST YEAR IN 
THIS WAY WHICH RESULTED IN A VERY SMALL LOSS AND I 
AM SENDING. HIM 2,00,000 SEEDS BY POST THIS YEAR. 
I ■ SUGGEST PLACE THE SEEDS BETWEEN LAYERS OP $ 
CLOTH OR GUNNY BAGS AND KEEP SATURATED POR A PEW 
DAYS WHEN GERMINATION SHOULD COMMENCE.IN PLANTING 
PARA SEEDS I PRESS THE SEED PIRMLY INTO SOIL BUT 
DO NOT COVER IT. 
Y'OURS TRULY 
DIRECTOR OP GARDENS S.S. 
THE SUPERINTENDENT 
BOTANIC GARDENS 
BRITISH GUIANA 
