. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ?Vol. XL No. 258. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS, 91. ST. KITTSNEVIS : REPORTS ON THE BOT- ANIC STATION, ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS AND AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION: ALSO ON AGRI- CULTURAL EDUCATION, 19VIII. It is shown, among the first matters dealt with in this re- port, that the condition of the Botanic Garden in St Kitts has been maintained, and that efforts have been made for its improvement. Hedges of bread-and-cheese {PithtcoMiium I'liguis-cati) have made good progress, except where they have suffered from attacks of what is a
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ?Vol. XL No. 258. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS, 91. ST. KITTSNEVIS : REPORTS ON THE BOT- ANIC STATION, ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS AND AGRICULTURAL INSTRUCTION: ALSO ON AGRI- CULTURAL EDUCATION, 19VIII. It is shown, among the first matters dealt with in this re- port, that the condition of the Botanic Garden in St Kitts has been maintained, and that efforts have been made for its improvement. Hedges of bread-and-cheese {PithtcoMiium I'liguis-cati) have made good progress, except where they have suffered from attacks of what is apparently a root disease. The letting of the lawn for recreation ^nd games continues to be appreciated. In regard to economic plants, success has been obtained with onions; but the want of an market prevents an onionrgrowing industry from extending. There has been no increase in cacao-growing during the year, though success has been obtained on experimental estate areas, in the island of St. Kitts. Jhe area in rubber cultivation remains the same as it was in the previous year; it is occupied by CastUlou eltutira, Funtuviia elastica and Hevea brasdiensis. The lime industry has been retarded by attacks of scale insects, particularly by the purple scale {Lepidosapltes Iteikii), and material bearing fungus parasites has been introduced from Dominica: no definite results as to the effects of the introduction are yet apparent, but these are awaited with interest. A succeeding section of the report gives information concerning the agricultural show held during the year under review, and regarding the work of the Permanent Exhibition Committee, ohietly in connexion with the Canadian Exhibitions. The experiments of an economic nature deal mainly with ftood plants, green dressings, tobacco, cotton, limes and sugar- -cane, and the work of this kind is closely connected with the distribution of planting material, of which a fairly large and tftried quantity was sent out. Trials w
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