. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 71 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. I'li:i:i VE1 GLEANINGS. The rainfall al the Experiment Station . Virgin Isl Is, during January, was 2*42 inches. Theearlyparl oi onth was exceedingly dry, and retarded progress in all [tural operations. The distribution of plants from the Station was affected to some extent. In Nature for January 21, 1915, appears a review "I I >i II. II. Dixon's monograph cm transpiration and the iscent of sap in plants. The substance of the book consists oi iciiiriii of the cohesi
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 71 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. I'li:i:i VE1 GLEANINGS. The rainfall al the Experiment Station . Virgin Isl Is, during January, was 2*42 inches. Theearlyparl oi onth was exceedingly dry, and retarded progress in all [tural operations. The distribution of plants from the Station was affected to some extent. In Nature for January 21, 1915, appears a review "I I >i II. II. Dixon's monograph cm transpiration and the iscent of sap in plants. The substance of the book consists oi iciiiriii of the cohesion theory of the ascent of water. Tin so-called 'vital' theories are disproved. The Monthly Bulletin of Agricultural Intelligence and I'lant Diseases for October 1914 mentions that two agricultural schools are to be established in Panama. One -r will be located near New Gorgona. The Go\ ernment is also contemplating the establishment of an agricultural experiment station. It is stated in the Planters' Ohroniclt Fi i December 25, thai the world's total tea producti luring L913 vva? 307,097,1 ll>.. of which Southern [ndia contributed 22,245,000 ft>. or 7'2 per cent. It is interesting to observe thai the West Indies, with ithe exception of a small quan- tity from Jamaica, contribute nothing t" the world's output of tea. The flowering of the baml is always a periodical event of great inti rest. Reference is made in the Gardener? ,,,?/. for January 23, 1915, to the flowering of Bamiuta polynwrpha in Burma, during L914. The last outbreak of [lowering, when .ill the plants burst into blossom, was in 1859-60. The seed then produced gave rise to the plants, which aftra fifty-four years of preparation, burst into flower simultaneously towards the end "t last year. The important work "I the Imperial Department "I Agriculture for the West Indies is referred to in Nature for I !\ II. L915. The question rails attention to the efforts that are being made to i
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