. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 422 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Decembei; 3(1, HT. VINCENT: REPORT ON THE AGRICULTU- RAL DEPARTMENT, ,^ii:. This report, which is longer than those of previous years, is a record of a large amount of work of a valuable and diversified character. The .section dealing with the Botanic Gardens contains information in of certain improve- ments that have been ettected, including the erection of a memorial temple and fountain to the memory of the late Hon. J. G. W. Hazell. A circular lily pond has also be
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 422 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Decembei; 3(1, HT. VINCENT: REPORT ON THE AGRICULTU- RAL DEPARTMENT, ,^ii:. This report, which is longer than those of previous years, is a record of a large amount of work of a valuable and diversified character. The .section dealing with the Botanic Gardens contains information in of certain improve- ments that have been ettected, including the erection of a memorial temple and fountain to the memory of the late Hon. J. G. W. Hazell. A circular lily pond has also been constructed, in which a fine collection of tropical lilies, presented by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has been planted. Work in the during the year was con- siderable, and a large number of plants of a varied character, chieriy cacao plants, onion and lime seedlings, together with various provision crop cuttings, were distributed. The work of cotton selection has been continued, prin- cipally in relation to selection for resistance to disease and for desirable lint characters. There has been some revision in the methods employed, and the work is now con<lucted on a sound scientific basis. Interesting breeding experiments with cotton, of a special character, were carried out by the Agricultural Sujierintendent, the results of which have also appeared in the ]\'est Indian Bulletin. Extensive operations and e.^cperiments were made during the year in connexion with the cotton stainer: by the Agri- cultural Superintendent in respect of native food-plants and the feeding habits of this pest; by the Assistant Superintendent in conjunction with the officers of the Imperial Department of Agriculture, in regard to the part the stainer plays as a carrier of internal boll rot disease. A considerable amount of other entomological work was done by the Assistant Superintendent during the year, notably that on the egg-parasites of TrichograhDiia lainntu/u. Includ
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