TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA. 
Department of Agriculture, 
RABAUL. 2nd February, 1935* 
R. Ho It turn Esq, , 
Bo tan ic Ga rdens, 
O Hi GAP ORE . 
Dear Mr, Holttum, 
This will serve to introduce Mr. W. E. 
Grose, M.L.C., one of the leading planters in the Mandated 
Territory of New Guinea* 
He is making a tour of the East and would 
like to have an opportunity of seeing some of the best plan¬ 
tations in the countries he intends to visit* 
He is particularly desirous of obtaining 
as large a number as possible of pepper plants ( Piper nigrum ), 
and any assistance you could give him in this matter would 
be greatly appreciated. 
All pepper seed that we have obtained 
from time to time for this Department, failed to germinate 1 , 
and the pepper plants that we have established are not suf¬ 
ficient at present to supply all the material he desires. 
I hope in the near future to be able to 
send you some orchids from this Territory and trust that they 
will be of some use to you. 
With kindest regards, 
Yours sincerely, 
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