. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 316 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. October Tilt' number of visitors at the Colrniial and Indian Exhibition from the opening day to Saturday, September 9, amounted to 966,325. (ires/ India Committee Circular.) A writer in the I)emerara Aiyosy states that carbon bisulpliidc, the use of wliicli was recommended by the Board of Agriculture, has been found effective and expeditious in ridding farms of the 'cushie ' ants. GLEANINGS. During the fortnight ended September 7, 56 bales of West Indian cotton were imported into t
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 316 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. October Tilt' number of visitors at the Colrniial and Indian Exhibition from the opening day to Saturday, September 9, amounted to 966,325. (ires/ India Committee Circular.) A writer in the I)emerara Aiyosy states that carbon bisulpliidc, the use of wliicli was recommended by the Board of Agriculture, has been found effective and expeditious in ridding farms of the 'cushie ' ants. GLEANINGS. During the fortnight ended September 7, 56 bales of West Indian cotton were imported into the I'nited Kingdom. ( n'f".«? India C'liiimitet Cirrular.) Eresh seed of English vegetables and Tenerife onion seed, both red and white varieties, can be purcliased at the Station at Dominica. The Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Trinidad, offers for free distribution a limited number of l>lants of Cofea rolustrr, obtained from the Congo River. This coffee is said to be of excellent quality and a]>pears to be well suited for cultivation in the lowlands. The West India Committee proposes to issue a souvenir of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, embodying articles descriptive of the exhibits, a comprehensive report on the Exhibition, and articles enijihasizing the lessons to be learnt from it. The Curator of the Botanic Station at Tobago writes that plants of Sea Island cotton at Golden Grove estate are in a very promising condition, averaging 4- to 5 feet in height. This is the only estate in Tobago that has taken lip cotton growing to any extent. A plant Avith bright yellow flowers, believed to be Cassia inultijiKja, is now in flower in .Tamaica and Trinidad. It is an ornamental tree, growing to a height of 15 to I'O feet, and might well be introduced into other parts of the AVest Indies where it does not occur. Among tlie winners of medals in Jamaica at the C'olonial Exhibition was a peasant proprietor in the Glengofi'e district, whose exhibit
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