1 December 1931 
Mr. R. E. HOLTTUM 
Director of Gardens 
Singapore 
Dear Sir: 
With further reference to your letter No. 6 
in 111/31 dated 9 July the seeds refered to arrived 
a month after the letter. I think the delay must 
have been in Singapore rather than in Sydney 
,Ce because the seeds of Brownea grandicep3 were all 
tfo t ^ sprouted in the tin with roots about 2 inchlong 
reaching all down into the same side at trie bottom* 
The tin must have remained in postal storage in 
f 
this position: pK 
during the interval of a 
month between ships from Singapore to Sydney. About 
half of the seeds (more than enough) have resumed 
gr 07 /th / and are showing a shoot coming from the nut. 
As I wrote you previously this is exactly 
the same thing a s happened to the seeds of Rambutan 
which you sent: all sprouted in the tin^ roots to 
one side of the bottom, top3 to opposite side of the 
top. I now have 4 rambutans growing very well in 
the ground and several gisen to friends. 
Cassia Auriculata is now distributed about 
the island, but I find that Terminalia catappa 
already exists here. Unfortunately Nepenthes has 
not sprouted but I presume it still may do so. It 
surprises me to find how long some seeds require 
I wonder if you can supply m erm i nal ia °kari 
if it i 3 really much better than T. Catappa 
With renewed thanks for your kindness 
Faithfully yours, 
,/uJ 
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