. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 236 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 25, 1908-. GLEANINGS. A quantity of Castilloa rubber seed is now ready for •distribution at tlie Dominica Botanic Station, and planters in tlic island can obtain supplies free on application. Six hundred Para rubber ])lants {llcvea hnnilii-mis), growing in bamboo pots, are on sale at the Botanic Station, Dominica. Price M. jier plant. Application should be made to Curator, Botanic Station. The Tobago correspondent of the M'cst India ('unnnitttc ?Circular reports that several iilaiite
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 236 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 25, 1908-. GLEANINGS. A quantity of Castilloa rubber seed is now ready for •distribution at tlie Dominica Botanic Station, and planters in tlic island can obtain supplies free on application. Six hundred Para rubber ])lants {llcvea hnnilii-mis), growing in bamboo pots, are on sale at the Botanic Station, Dominica. Price M. jier plant. Application should be made to Curator, Botanic Station. The Tobago correspondent of the M'cst India ('unnnitttc ?Circular reports that several iilaiiters in the island are taking up tobacco culture in the hope of develoijing a profit- uble industry. The shipment of bananas taken from Surinam by the Royal Dutch Mail Comi)any's steamer ' Saramacca ' on .May 30 last, comprised bunches of nine hands, 1,;5()1 bunches of eight hands, and 1,397 of seven hands. {Dtmn-ara A njosi/.) Mr. .1. 11. Halt, , retired from the post of Superin- tendent of the Botaitical Department, Trinidad, on .June 30 last, after twenty-two years' service in the colony, ilr. Fraidc Evans, who was Mr. Hart's chief assistant, has been appointed Acting Superintendent for the present. The jiritish Consul at Progreso, Mexico, reports that the exportation of logwood continues on a fair scale from Yucatan. The logwood is, liowever, more dithcult to obtain than formerly, since the cuttings are further inland. During 1907 the <|uantity shipiied from Yucatan reached 3,201,107 kilograms [1 kilo. = 22 It).]. In Florida and other of the Southern States of Atnerica interest in mango growing has lately been stimulated by the introduction of tine tiavoured varieties of the fruit from the East Indies. The 1907 report of the Secretary for Agriculture states that many landowTiers are planting out •orchards of lately introduced kinds. Trials made ill (he past to grOw leguminous green crops under cacao in 'J'rinidad and Grenada, with the object of ?
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