. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol, IX. No. 223 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 363. ANTIGUA: REPORTS ON THE BOTANIC STA- TION, EXPERIMENT PLOTS A ND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, I'MiU-li). The in connexion with these stations, during the period under review was £747 3s. Id., of which £72 2s. 'M. was spent on Special Services. The difference between these —£675 Is. 4(/.—was supplied from Imperial and local funds, the respective contriliutions lieing £101 2s. hd. and £273 18s. \\d. The receipts for the year amounted to £113 18s. M., of which
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol, IX. No. 223 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 363. ANTIGUA: REPORTS ON THE BOTANIC STA- TION, EXPERIMENT PLOTS A ND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, I'MiU-li). The in connexion with these stations, during the period under review was £747 3s. Id., of which £72 2s. 'M. was spent on Special Services. The difference between these —£675 Is. 4(/.—was supplied from Imperial and local funds, the respective contriliutions lieing £101 2s. hd. and £273 18s. \\d. The receipts for the year amounted to £113 18s. M., of which £4.'i 3s. 2(1 came from the sale of plants and .seeds for minor industries; a large proportion of the balance was derived from sales of sugarcane cuttings. An interesting matter in the report is that the distri- bution of plants was greater than that recorded at any former period: it amounted to ls(),G96. in which number 157,r).57 sugar-cane cuttings are included. There was, besides this, a large distribution of seeds of green dressings, food plants, cotton, soy beans, and others, and of ordinary cuttings such as of the sweet potato. The amount of onion seed dis- tributed was 322i ft., of which 12.')^ tb. was used in Antigua, and the remainder in other Presidencies in the Islands. An attempt was made to continue experiments which have for their object the gaining of information as to the capacity of the fiower-bud maggot of the wild coffee (Clero- dendron aruleatum) to attack cotton, and to find out if the flower-bud maggot of cotton {C<intavini<i f/ossi/pii) is identical with the former. failed, becaui^e infested buds of the •wild coffee could not be found. Trials were also made for the purpose of seeing if the leaf-blister mite of Acacia could infest cotton. These indicated that this was not the case. Other work in connexion with cotton, at the Botanic Station, has included the commencement of experiments in the crossing of different
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