. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 374 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. November 19, 1904. SCIENCE NOTES. Wild Tamarind Trees. There are in the \Vest Indies two leguminous trees known by the name of '\\"M Tamarind.' Tliis is apt to lead to confusion, and it should be mentioned that the tree referred to in the Aijricultuial Kkivs (Vol. Ill, p. oil) as a food plant of the cotton worm in Antigua was not Pithecolohium Jillcifoliuin, as stated there, but the other wild tamarind, viz., Leuotfiia f/liuica. In .Tamaica it is Fithecolohiwii filicifnUniii that rec
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 374 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. November 19, 1904. SCIENCE NOTES. Wild Tamarind Trees. There are in the \Vest Indies two leguminous trees known by the name of '\\"M Tamarind.' Tliis is apt to lead to confusion, and it should be mentioned that the tree referred to in the Aijricultuial Kkivs (Vol. Ill, p. oil) as a food plant of the cotton worm in Antigua was not Pithecolohium Jillcifoliuin, as stated there, but the other wild tamarind, viz., Leuotfiia f/liuica. In .Tamaica it is Fithecolohiwii filicifnUniii that receives the name 'Wild Tamarind.' This is a large tree, native of the AVest Indies and Central .Vmerica, with finely divided leaves. Its whitish flowers are borne in long, peduncled heads. The most striking feature of the tree is the twisted, scarlet pod, blood-coloured within, which bears black seeds (often used as beads). The tree grows to a considerable size, its diameter being usually about .3 feet. The wood, which takes a fine polish, is much used in building for flooring and other work. The wild tamarind of Barbados and the Northern Islands is, however, Leuaiena glauoi, also known in Barbados as ' ilimosa.' This is the plant from which are obtained the well-known ' Mimosa' seeds, .so much used for ornamental woi-k, such as necklaces, bracelets, etc. This common and well-known .shrub is spineless, its branches and petioles are powdery, with four- to eight-paired pinnae and leaflets ten- to twenty-paired, glaucous beneath. The pod is broadly linear, .5 to 6 inches long with Hat, brown, shining seeds. Nutmeg Tree. The following description of the nutmeg tree taken fi'oni the 1 liar mace at ical Journal:—- The nutmeg is the kernel only of the seed of J/i/ristica fraijrans (). ifijristiceat:). Tlie nutmeg tree is a native of the ilolucca Islands, and is cultivated on the islands of the Malay Archipelago, on the Malay Peninusula, and in other tropical countries. It produ
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