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Duthie thanks Thiselton-Dyer for the extract from the BOTANICAL MAGAZINE with the plate of Primula reidii, and for the copies of the BULLETIN. Duthie is no longer in charge of the Saharanpur Garden but is quite satisfied with his new position which allows him to travel over a much larger area of country and will afford better opportunities for botanical exploration in Northern India. Unfortunately, his Himalayan tours will now be few and far between as the Government of India wish him to concentrate more on economic botany, especially fodder plants. The letter press of his grass book is in press and when complete he is 'going in for' all the other fodder plants, indigenous and introduced. Last week he was at Simla [Shimla] staying with Sir E. Buck who has a charming place about seven miles from there. Colonel Bailey, Officiating[?] as Inspector General of Forests, was also there. Buck took advantage of the occasion by proposing that Duthie should have the assistance of the Forest Department in experiments. Duthie thinks a lot of land on the outskirts of the forests could be used as fodder reserves. Duthie was at Mount Abu recently, the hill station for Rajputana [Rajasthan]. It is lovely and botanically interesting. Duthie will send Thiselton-Dyer a set of the plants he collected. There is a very handsome Strobilanthes there, S. callosus, which grows on the upper slopes of the range in dense masses. It is quite a large shrub with large lilac and white flowers. It blossoms profusely every nine or ten years and was in full force this year, but Duthie missed its peak. Duthie is arranging to procure seed, which he is sure Thiselton-Dyer would like. The plant is not likely to be hardy out of doors in England. There is another species of Strobilanthes in the Himalayas with the same habit. Senecio grahamii grows on Mount Abu; Duthie collected a quantity of interesting grasses. Tomorrow he is off to Aligarh and Cawnpore [Kanpur] to inspect some plantations that have been started on the saline soil of the Doab. Pages 1 and 4 of 6.

Description

Duthie thanks Thiselton-Dyer for the extract from the BOTANICAL MAGAZINE with the plate of Primula reidii, and for the copies of the BULLETIN. Duthie is no longer in charge of the Saharanpur Garden but is quite satisfied with his new position which allows him to travel over a much larger area of country and will afford better opportunities for botanical exploration in Northern India. Unfortunately, his Himalayan tours will now be few and far between as the Government of India wish him to concentrate more on economic botany, especially fodder plants. The letter press of his grass book is in press and when complete he is 'going in for' all the other fodder plants, indigenous and introduced. Last week he was at Simla [Shimla] staying with Sir E. Buck who has a charming place about seven miles from there. Colonel Bailey, Officiating[?] as Inspector General of Forests, was also there. Buck took advantage of the occasion by proposing that Duthie should have the assistance of the Forest Department in experiments. Duthie thinks a lot of land on the outskirts of the forests could be used as fodder reserves. Duthie was at Mount Abu recently, the hill station for Rajputana [Rajasthan]. It is lovely and botanically interesting. Duthie will send Thiselton-Dyer a set of the plants he collected. There is a very handsome Strobilanthes there, S. callosus, which grows on the upper slopes of the range in dense masses. It is quite a large shrub with large lilac and white flowers. It blossoms profusely every nine or ten years and was in full force this year, but Duthie missed its peak. Duthie is arranging to procure seed, which he is sure Thiselton-Dyer would like. The plant is not likely to be hardy out of doors in England. There is another species of Strobilanthes in the Himalayas with the same habit. Senecio grahamii grows on Mount Abu; Duthie collected a quantity of interesting grasses. Tomorrow he is off to Aligarh and Cawnpore [Kanpur] to inspect some plantations that have been started on the saline soil of the Doab. Pages 1 and 4 of 6.

Description

Duthie thanks Thiselton-Dyer for the extract from the BOTANICAL MAGAZINE with the plate of Primula reidii, and for the copies of the BULLETIN. Duthie is no longer in charge of the Saharanpur Garden but is quite satisfied with his new position which allows him to travel over a much larger area of country and will afford better opportunities for botanical exploration in Northern India. Unfortunately, his Himalayan tours will now be few and far between as the Government of India wish him to concentrate more on economic botany, especially fodder plants. The letter press of his grass book is in press and when complete he is 'going in for' all the other fodder plants, indigenous and introduced. Last week he was at Simla [Shimla] staying with Sir E. Buck who has a charming place about seven miles from there. Colonel Bailey, Officiating[?] as Inspector General of Forests, was also there. Buck took advantage of the occasion by proposing that Duthie should have the assistance of the Forest Department in experiments. Duthie thinks a lot of land on the outskirts of the forests could be used as fodder reserves. Duthie was at Mount Abu recently, the hill station for Rajputana [Rajasthan]. It is lovely and botanically interesting. Duthie will send Thiselton-Dyer a set of the plants he collected. There is a very handsome Strobilanthes there, S. callosus, which grows on the upper slopes of the range in dense masses. It is quite a large shrub with large lilac and white flowers. It blossoms profusely every nine or ten years and was in full force this year, but Duthie missed its peak. Duthie is arranging to procure seed, which he is sure Thiselton-Dyer would like. The plant is not likely to be hardy out of doors in England. There is another species of Strobilanthes in the Himalayas with the same habit. Senecio grahamii grows on Mount Abu; Duthie collected a quantity of interesting grasses. Tomorrow he is off to Aligarh and Cawnpore [Kanpur] to inspect some plantations that have been started on the saline soil of the Doab. Pages 1 and 4 of 6.