. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. •JOl THE AGRICULTUKAL NEWS. July 1, As oiilj' a few of the first edition of this Deiiait- luent's iiublication Nature Teadumj now reiniun, it may Ije mentioned that an English edition been imblished Ijy Macmillan k. Co. (see Ayvlcultuml JVet"!', Vol. Ill, ].. 3S1), price 3s. Qd. It is mjt yet decided whotlier a second edition will be pulilished by the Department. GLEANINGS. The rainfall at Prospect C'amp, lierniuda, tor tlie year 1' amounted to .') inches. was 7-82
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. •JOl THE AGRICULTUKAL NEWS. July 1, As oiilj' a few of the first edition of this Deiiait- luent's iiublication Nature Teadumj now reiniun, it may Ije mentioned that an English edition been imblished Ijy Macmillan k. Co. (see Ayvlcultuml JVet"!', Vol. Ill, ].. 3S1), price 3s. Qd. It is mjt yet decided whotlier a second edition will be pulilished by the Department. GLEANINGS. The rainfall at Prospect C'amp, lierniuda, tor tlie year 1' amounted to .') inches. was 7-82 inches less than tlie average of the past nine Rain fell on li:U days during the year. Many small settlers in Jamaica appear still to plant by the moon. This is superstitious. Plant in regular seasons and when jour soil is in good condition, and never mind the moon. (Jamaica Times.) The number of bales of cotton imiiorted into the United Kingdom during the seventeen weeks ended A[iril 27, , was l,480,y24. This nundier included 1,343 bales of llritish West Indian and 811 bales P>ritish West African. It is stated in the Marilum Jhrr/t^inf that trade conditions in Jamaica have been very bright during the jjast four months owing to the steady increase of the tourist trade. The season is spoken of as a record one, there never having been such a large number of visitors in any [ircvious season. Mr. J. Jones writes that the 'Poui' {Ti-coma sjicctahilis) tiowered at the Dominica Rotanic Station this year for the first time. Another tree of this family, Tahchuia poitnphi/lhi, raised from seeds obtained from Piiitish Honduras, which flowered at the station for the first time last year, is said to rival the 'Poui' in showiness. Seeds of the Talipot palm {Coryphit v?tdiraculife>-a) can be obtained on application to the Curator of the Botanic .Station, Dominica. A note on the flowering of a specimen of this palm at the Dominica Botanic .Station will be found in the
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