A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol. III. No. 59. 



BARBADOS, JULY 16, 1904. 



Price Id. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Agricultural Societies : — 



Dominica 227 



Bahamas : — 



Agriculture in 231 



Curator, Appointment 



of 238 



Exports of 233 



Bees, StinglesM 237 



Citrus trees, Manuring ... 228 



Cocoa-nut trees. Planting 228 



CoC(ia-nut oil fur Toothache 227 

 Cotton Notes: — 



British Guiana 229 



Manurial experiments 237 



Sea Island Cotton ... 229 

 Educational : — 



Dominica, Agricultural 



School 235 



Grenada, School 



Gardens in 235 



Fish oils from Dominica 233 

 Fumigation of Imported 



Plants 225 



Gleanings 230 



Guavaasaweed 229 



Hedge Plants 233 



Insect Notes' — 



Entonioliiccy in Hawaii 234 



Grenada ^ 234 



Juniper Cedar 



Lawn Grasses in Egj-pt ... 



Market Reports 



Notes and Connnents 

 Oranges and Lemons, 



Composition of 

 Our Book Shelf:— 

 How to make School 



Gardens 



School Gardens in 



Europe 



Pickling Lemon and 



Orange Peel ... , 

 Products, Careful 



preparation of ... 

 Rabbit Keeping ... . 

 Sisal Hemp from Caicos 



Islands 



Stock Notes 



Sugar Industry : — 

 Cane sugar, Produc- 

 tion of 



Jamaica, Manurial 



experiments 



Rum as an illuminant 

 U.S. Tropical Exjjeriment 



Stations 



West Indian Products in 



London Market 

 Ylang-Ylang 



Page. 



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238 

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Fumigation of Imported Plants. 



a previous issue of the Ar/riculfural 

 Keu's (Vol. Ill, p. 74) the important sub- 

 ject of the fumigation of imported plants 

 vas dealt with. 



In that article numerous instances were cited to 

 show that most of the serious insect attacks, in different 

 parts of the world, had been due to the importation of 

 pests from other countries, where, owing to their having 

 been kept in check by natural enemies, or from other 

 causes, their effect on the crops had been insignificant. 

 In new localities, under different conditions, these pests 

 soon became a serious menace to agricultural indus- 

 tries. With a view to preventing such undesirable 

 introductions, many Governments have prohibited the 

 importation of plants likely to be infected, or have 

 allowed their importation only after fumigation at the 

 port of entrj'. 



In order to furnish detailed information as to the 

 action that has been taken in this connexion in some 

 of the West India Islands, the Imperial Commissioner 

 of Agriculture directed the preparation of a circular 

 containing the laws and proclamations, issued in 

 Jamaica from time to time, which have resulted in a 

 system of fumigation of imported plants, which appears 

 to work smoothly and which will, in all probability, 

 prevent the introduction of new pests into that island. 

 Coynes of laws and proclamations issued in British 

 Guiana and Dominica have also been printed. 



This circular has been sent to those islands 

 throughout the West Indies which have not, so far, 

 taken any definite action in this matter. It is hoped 

 that the information contained in this circular will be 

 of assistance to colonies about to frame new laws, or to 

 modify existing laws for the purpose of preventing the 

 introduction of insect pests. 



