. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 23G THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 28, GLEANINGS. Dr. G. C. Henderson, of Kingston, Jamaica, lias made ?"a very generous gift of a large collection of orchids ' to the Botanical Gardens at Hope. (Jamaica Gazette.) From Antigua 40 bales of cotton (29 bales of first quality and 11 bales of stained or second quality) were shipped by the 'Parima'for transhipment to the steamer at Barbados. The 1905 sugar crop of Madeira was larger than that of 1904, and a larger proportion of the cane was utilized in
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 23G THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 28, GLEANINGS. Dr. G. C. Henderson, of Kingston, Jamaica, lias made ?"a very generous gift of a large collection of orchids ' to the Botanical Gardens at Hope. (Jamaica Gazette.) From Antigua 40 bales of cotton (29 bales of first quality and 11 bales of stained or second quality) were shipped by the 'Parima'for transhipment to the steamer at Barbados. The 1905 sugar crop of Madeira was larger than that of 1904, and a larger proportion of the cane was utilized in the manufacture of sugar. Little or no sign of disease was observed. {Consular Ecport.) During the quarter ended March 31 last, 42,000 Bb. of cotton, of the value of £1,500, were exported from Jamaica. The amount exported during ihe corresponding period of 1905 was 3,918 fti., of the value of £154. All the unoccupied land among the limes in the 2-acre plot at the Tortola lixperiment Station has, after being well forked and hoed, been planted in cotton. It is thought likely that the limes will benefit by the cultivation of the ground in this manner. The output of canned pine-apples from Hawaii has risen from about 8,000 cases in 1903 (one case contained twenty- four cans averaging 2 B). each) to some 20,000 cases in 1904. For 1906 the estimate is 12,000 cases (holding each one dozen glass containers) equal to about 135 tons. (Consular Report.) According to the Consular Report on the Friendly Islands, the quantity of copra exported from the protectorate during 1905 exceeded that of the previous year bj' 1,860 tons, and this in spite of the great falling off in the Vavau district (from 2,687 to 1,433 tons) owing to the disastrous hurricane in the beginning of the year. The Agricultural Instructor at Nevis reports that a new form of gin is on trial in that island. ' It is said to clean and gin the cotton at one and the same time. As far as the writer can judge from the several e
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