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7 June 1931 
R. E* HOLTTUMp Esquire ' 
Director of Gardens 
Singapore 
Dear Sir: 
I have received your letters No* 2, No* 4 <5fe 
No* 5 in 111/31 and by the last mail 2 weeks ago 
both lots of seeds arrived covered by certificates 
nos 37 and 41 dated 16 March and 17 April 
The earlier parcel missed the mail which 
brought the letter of advice and was not received 
here until more than 2 months after dispatch* The 
seeds of the first lot were in fact planted just 
10 weeks after the date of the certificate. The 
seeds appeared to be in excellent condition and 
several have already sprouted. You will be 
interested to know that all of the 16 seeds of 
rambutan had grown about 2 inches both of roots and 
shoots. This growth must have occured while the 
parcel was in storage in Singapore or Sydney since 
the roots had grown to one side of the bottom and 
the 3 hoots to the opposite side of the top. 14 of 
these sixteen seeds now show green in the shoots 
and dn some the leaves have begun to develop. The 
packing around the rambutan seeds had become 
quite dry but the contents were perfectly fresh, 
no suggestion or odour of any mould whatever. 
The fumigation must have been perfect. 
A few of the seeds I cannot find described 
in Macmillan or other reference book that I have 
at hand* I inclose a li3t and will ask you to 
be so good as to note what the plant is,and any 
suggestion as to proper place for planting. 
Please accept my thanks for the care that 
has been bestowed on this interesting lot of seeds. 
Faithfully yours, 
