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article – which China and the adjacent territories are able to furnish, and the various varieties of Dyes - Woads and other valuable materials interesting to our Manufacturers will all obtain attention from a properly selected Botanical gardener.
In my late visit to Siam, I found not only known fruits whose qualities were superior to any elsewhere, but many fruits which we had not seen elsewhere but tasted for the first time. And as regards the floral department, the benefits of a well-directed Botanical garden are too obvious to require elucidation.
# Libraries.
28. My attention has been called to the great desirableness in a community like this of establishing a public library where books under proper regulations shall be accessible to the Community in the locality provided. In their reception, certain classes of books might be allowed a freer circulation. We have the materials for forming a very valuable collection. The Morrison library connected with the Morrison Institution was purchased by the liberality of the Community - but from the absence of adequate precautions, the effects of climate are promptly destructive of books not carefully...