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commercial point of view, and as of the highest interest to the colony, 

 that the inhabitants should, to the utmost, develope the resources of 

 the island, and how they can best be turned to a useful and profitable 



account. 



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maica'' which see.ms to be identical with the well-known Cassia obovata 

 of Aleppo. If introduced, as is probable, into the Island, it has never- 

 theless taken possession of the burning beach of Fort Augusta and 

 the arid sands of the Port Royal Pallisadoes, and might assuredly be 

 collected for medicinal purposes. 



- Application of {Sugar-) Cane Trash to the r/iantifactnre of Paper, with 

 the process to be employed.— (Another of the Grasstribe, viz. the 

 Bamboo, is most extensively employed for making paper, both coarse 

 and fine, in China, and the process will be found given in the number 

 of the ' Athen^um' for April 5, 1856.) 



Mafiilla Hemp 



Mnsa 



our own tropical colonies. 



On Mangrove Roots for Tanning ; by Mr. C. Grant. 



On certain Vegetable Oils; by the same gentleman. 



On the Texas Millet (Sorghum cernuum?); by Mr. W. T. March. 



Mr. Wilson'' s Fibres. — Here are valuable remarks on the useful fibres 

 of Jamaica, by Mr. Wilson, of the Botanic Garden, Bath, St. Thomas- 

 in-the-East, and a list of fifty-one plants yielding them, accompanied 

 by their correct nomenclature, the botanical as well as the English or 

 vernacular name, a matter of the highest consequence, more so than 

 people are aware of. A correct botanical name can never mislead : but 

 we know that under one vernacular name, Aloe for example, half-a- 

 dozen different plants are intended; the one to which that name is 



Aloe 



Americana 



- — " / A A «p 



: Curatoe). This is how^ever a duty 

 that can only be performed by a botanist, and in this particular instance 

 (for the samples were exhibited at Paris) Mr. Wilson's services were 

 appreciated and rewarded by a Medal. 



A superior Artist's Oil; E. C. (the Hon. Edward Chitty, we believe, 

 a valuable contributor), derived from the Aleurites triloba. 



On Casuarina muricata(?), E. C— The Club-wood of the South Sea 

 Islands, cultivated in Jamaica, and recommended to be much more so 



