Letter received by Banks from Maria Hardwicke, 3 November 1815 (Series 20.29) - No. 0004

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to Calcutta is the great obstacle, since Seeds, with so much baking, would be apt to lose their germinating power. I have endeavourd to remedy this by providing intermediate stations which will answer for those that can bear the heat. There is a beautiful kind of fir, as far as I could judge from the branches brought to me when I was coasting the frontier below the