. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. XII. No. 280. THE AGltlCULTLTRAL NEWS. 19. ST. LUCIA: REPORT ON THE AGKICVLTURA L DEPARTMENT, I911I.'. In ibe letter of transmittal of this rei'ort reference is maiie to the alteration in the arrangement of the subjects, which will in future take the place of the headings used fortrirly. The eli'ect of this altiration is to bring forward proniinei'tly ihe main activities of the stations, and to place details of administration and similar ati'airs -where they will be useful fur rtcoid without detracting from th
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. XII. No. 280. THE AGltlCULTLTRAL NEWS. 19. ST. LUCIA: REPORT ON THE AGKICVLTURA L DEPARTMENT, I911I.'. In ibe letter of transmittal of this rei'ort reference is maiie to the alteration in the arrangement of the subjects, which will in future take the place of the headings used fortrirly. The eli'ect of this altiration is to bring forward proniinei'tly ihe main activities of the stations, and to place details of administration and similar ati'airs -where they will be useful fur rtcoid without detracting from the interest of the report. Attention is first directed to work in the Botanic Gardens, and several useful facts are recorded which should prove of interest not only to the planting community, but also to the gt-neral public. 'J'he nielhod of establishment of new lawns, the .-uilability of Pelargoniums for ornamental purposes during nry seasons, the s-uccessful cultivation of new ornamentiil perennials like FKyraea ui/lain'ot, are examples of this kind of general information. The section on the raising and distribution of economic plants refers to the increased distribution of lime seedlings, and useful experiments are described in connexion with the germination of imported Hevea rubber seeds. Work has also been carried out with regard to the budding of the mango. As regards plant importations, several exotic species of Phoenix and ? Eucalyptus have been received, besides seed of various kinds forwarded by the Imperial Department of Agriculture, and other departments in the tropics. , The economic use of the Gardens is chieHy made mani- fest by the trials with various green dressings that have been conducted during the year under review. The Lyon bean {Stizolobiuni niveum), the Bengal gram (Clrer arir- Hnina), Tcphrosia Candida and T. jjur/nuen, and the well- known horse bean (Canavalia ), have been grown experimentally, their capacity for keeping down weeds being a f
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