. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 284 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Deckmber 20, GLEANINGS. There was a fair honey How from logwood and otlier trees at St. Lucia during tlie latter part of Xoveudier and strong colonies are rapidly filling supers. The Hon'lile Franeis Watts states that some of the lilanurial experiments carried on with sugar-eanes at Antigua 'emphasise the point that it is not remunerative to use artifi- cial manures upon land in j)00r Jihysieal condition.' The Mirror states that the of cacao from Trinidad to the end of
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 284 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Deckmber 20, GLEANINGS. There was a fair honey How from logwood and otlier trees at St. Lucia during tlie latter part of Xoveudier and strong colonies are rapidly filling supers. The Hon'lile Franeis Watts states that some of the lilanurial experiments carried on with sugar-eanes at Antigua 'emphasise the point that it is not remunerative to use artifi- cial manures upon land in j)00r Jihysieal condition.' The Mirror states that the of cacao from Trinidad to the end of November were 29,435,000, or about 60,000 bags more than last year. The value of the cacao drier at the Dominica IJotanic Station was appreciated and taken practical ad\antage of during a recent siiell "f rain\ weather. The seeds of annatto, also known as roiicoti, are stated to be an antidote for cassava poisoning. Any information on this point would be of practical value and interest. Devil grass, or Bahama grass now found almost all over the tro[iical and temperate regions of the world, is a native of the East Indies. It is universally a]i])reciated for its |iowcr to withstand drought, and to thrive on poi r .soils, and is often employed for tennis lawns. The sale of [ilants at the Tobago ISotanic Station (hu-ing October realized £\ ts. I),/, t'acao plants wero most in demand. Varieties of cotton rccei\ed from ^ an- germinating freely at the IJotanic Station, Cottiui occurs in a wild state in Toliago ami good results mav lie bope<l for from the imiiroved varieties now introduced. The Ligu cacao (Tltiohnmui hirolor) is now fruiting at the llotauic Station, Dominica. Several plants of tlir Alligitor cacao [riimhruiiia penltiffmiit) has also flowered. Roth of these were obtained from Nicaragua by JMr. J. H. Hart, Suiieriiitendent of the Botanic (iardens, Trinidad. The sponge industry of the Turks and L'aicos Islands- slioweags |)er acre. Ac
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