. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. !_ March 16, ^ Among the matters of recent interest in connexion with the Antigua Botanic Station has "been the importation of twenty-nine new species of Eucalyptus. The pia'ttTs distribut- ed from this station during February last included 15,500 cane cuttings and fifty cocoa-nut plants. During that month, a cane mill and nil engine were imported in connexion with the experimental work that is conducted with sugar-qanes. The distribution from the St. Lucia Botanic Gardens during .J
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. !_ March 16, ^ Among the matters of recent interest in connexion with the Antigua Botanic Station has "been the importation of twenty-nine new species of Eucalyptus. The pia'ttTs distribut- ed from this station during February last included 15,500 cane cuttings and fifty cocoa-nut plants. During that month, a cane mill and nil engine were imported in connexion with the experimental work that is conducted with sugar-qanes. The distribution from the St. Lucia Botanic Gardens during .January comprised 4,760 plants, including 4,050 lime plants and 150 cacao plants. In addition to these, 163 pack- ets of seeds were sent out. : The chief exports from St. Vincent during November last comprised: arrowr&ot 162,254 &., Sea Island cotton 17,283 R. (48 bales), cottonseed 78,339 lb., muscovado Sugar 53,450 B>., molasses 2,025 gallons, cacao 34,425 ft. During last month, the number of plants distributed from the Dominica Botanic Station was 3,468. These included: limes 1,600,'Para rubber 1,300, cacao 200, shade; trees 200, Eucalyptus 86, grafted mangoes 11, miscellaneous 71. In a notice by the St. Lucia Agricultural Department, it is intimated, for the information of planters in the island, that preparations are being made by the Department for raising a large number of plants of Para rubber for local dis- tribution during this year. The Experiment Station Record for August 1911, p. 109, gives a note on a method for the,estimation of citric acid in citrates and lemon juices. In this, the citric acid is precipitated as calcium citrate, which is heated with sulphuric acid, and the amount of carbon dioxide that is driven off measured. This amount depends directly on the quantity of citric acid that was present. A method for protecting seeds from rats, mice or birds is suggested in the Garden and Field for January 1912. This consists in adding water or kerosene
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