. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW ^7;^ OF THE BOTANir IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ^^'<"*- Vol. VII. No. 156. BARBADOS, APEIL 18, 1908. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Page. of Lime CuUiire ... 121 ; CfiCiio CultivMtion in St. j Kitt'.s-Nuvis 119 Castor Oil Plant 119 Oiti-on Peel Required 116 Cocoa-nut Cultivation 110 Cotton Notes :— Sea Island Cotton in the Baliauias lie. Sea Island Cotton in (he Society Islan<ls 118 Sea Island Cotton Market 118 West Indian CoUon ... 118 Peparhuent News ,
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW ^7;^ OF THE BOTANir IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. ^^'<"*- Vol. VII. No. 156. BARBADOS, APEIL 18, 1908. Price Id. CONTENTS. Page. Page. of Lime CuUiire ... 121 ; CfiCiio CultivMtion in St. j Kitt'.s-Nuvis 119 Castor Oil Plant 119 Oiti-on Peel Required 116 Cocoa-nut Cultivation 110 Cotton Notes :— Sea Island Cotton in the Baliauias lie. Sea Island Cotton in (he Society Islan<ls 118 Sea Island Cotton Market 118 West Indian CoUon ... 118 Peparhuent News , 119 Education, .Aoricultural, in (ircat Britain 121 124 Ground Nut Experiments in Dominica 117 Hawk's bill Turtle, the ... 123 Notes : — Aiuentine Ant, the 122 Jamaica Earthijuake, ] 2:'. Lemon Grass 125 INIarket Reports Nitrogen as a Plant F(jod Notes and Comments ... Onion Growing in Montserrat Rice Culture in United States Rubber in the West Indies Rubber Proiluction in Para School Gai'dens in the Indies Sugar Industry:— Beet Sugar Industry of Cnited States Sugar Industry in Java Sugar Productiiui in Cuba Sweet Potato Investiga- tions Sweet Potatos, Propaga- tion of, West Indies, Climate < Ylang-ylang Za])U[ie Fibre Plant 128 12(5 120 122 127 120 117 115 121 120 120 120 J 21 125 Ivubber Planting in the West Indies. attention, .since it is apparent that it well .suited to the natural conditions prevailing in this part of the world, and moreover, is well adapted to serve as a shade tree in and around cacao plantations. Para rubber {Hcrra hrasiliensia) is also being planted, and is almost everywiierc regarded with favour. For practi- cal purposes, it may be said that planters in the West Indian Islands are limiting their attention to these two In British Guiana, probably more than one species of Sapluin are found, which have been proved to yield a good supply of valuable rubber. I
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