1848. Letter by Mrs. Perry, given in `Canon Goodman's Church in Victoria during the Episcopate of Bishop Perry,' p. 78:
". . . Shady Creek, where he `planted' some tea and sugar for his brother on his return. Do you know what `planting' is? It is hiding the tea, or whatever it may be, in the hollow of a tree, or branch, or stone, where no one is likely to find it, but the one for whom it is meant."
1855. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' p. 22:
"Some refreshments planted there for us by the Major—for that is the colonial phrase, borrowed from the slang of London burglars and thieves, for any article sent forward or left behind for consumption in spots only indicated to those concerned—after the manner of the ca^ches of the French Canadian trappers on the American prairies. To `spring' a plant is to discover and pillage it."
1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 36:
"The way he could hide, or, as it is called in the bush, `plant' himself, was something wonderful."
1889. Cassell's' Picturesque Australasia,' vol. iv. p. 178:
"The gold had not been handed over to the Commissioner at all, but was planted somewhere in the tent."
1893. `The Age,' May 9, p. 5, col. 4:
"A panic-smitten lady plants her money."