Floristik, Geographie, etc. — Agricultur, Horticultur, etc. 153 



fitnbriata (Sumatra); Microstylis tubiilosn (Noiivelle-Guinee hollan- 

 daise); Liparis stvicta (Borneo); Dendrobiinn glabnnn (Nouvelle- 

 Guinee-hollandaise); D. plebejiim (Celebes); D. concavutn var. cele- 

 bense (Celebes); D. speculuni (Borneo); D. pogo)iathenim (Aroe); D. 

 imdticostatiivn (Borneo); D. pseudo-calceoliun (Nouvelle-Guinee) ; Eria 

 cavnea (Borneo); E. geniiflexa (Sumatra); Bulbophylliun angustifolium 

 var. parvurn (Sumatra); B. RomburgJiii (Sumatra?); B. hiteo-ptirpii- 

 reuin (Sumatra); B. S/o;';;^// (Sumatra); Phalaenopsis viridis (Sumatra); 

 Thi'ixospennnm Raciborskii var. hmnata (Sumatra ou Malacca?); T. 

 inquiyiatuni (Borneo); Sarcanthus proboscideiis (Bangka); S. lilacinus 

 (Sumatra), S". bilautellahis (C€\Qbes)\ Tn'choglottis paiiiculota (Celebes); 

 Calantha bicaJcarata n. sp. et var. depressa (Nouvelle-Guinee hollan- 

 daise); Plocoglottis confevtiflova (Nouvelle-Guinee hoUandaise); Vauda 

 avciiata (Celebes). 



Au total 27 especes et varietes nouvelles pour la region ; le 

 genus Detidvobiiun est le mieux partage. E. De Wildemann. 



d'Albuquerque, T. P. and J. R. Bovell. Seedling canes and 

 manurial experiments at Barbados. 1904 — 6. (Imp. Dep. of 

 Agric. for the West Indies. Pamphlet Series N». 44. 1907.) 



A series of reports on canes grown upon thirteen estates 

 situated in typical localities in the Island. The manurial experiments 

 were carried out at Dodds' Botanic Station, and at six sugar estates. 

 The book is largely made up of tables, giving the data of the ex- 

 periments, and the yield of sugar per acre. The chief characteristics 

 of the seedling and other canes reported on are summarized. In 

 addition to the results for the period now reported on, a table is 

 given of the mean results for the seasons 1901—06. The order of 

 merit with the estimated fields of muscovado sugar per acre for the 

 principal canes on all parts were. 



B. 1529. 2.90 tons per acre. | B = Barbados seedling caneH 



B. 208 2.50 „ „ „ [D^Demerara seedling cane.J 



B. 376 2.34 „ „ „ 



White Transparent 2.26. 



D. 95 2.18. W. G. Freeman. 



Anonymus. Ramie in Tirhut [Boehnieria nivea Hook. & Arn.). 

 (Kew Bulletin. 1907, p. 4— 8.j 



In the „Agricultural Ledger", 1898, W. 15, p. 37—46 Sir G. 

 Watt in dealing with the cultivation of Rhea or Ramie in Bengal, 

 suggested that the plant was suitable to the north-eastern districts 

 of Rungpur, Galpaiguri, and the Dnars, and also that its culti- 

 vations might be extended west-ward to Tirhut. 



An association was formed in Calcutta in 1900, called the 

 „Bengal Rhea Syndicate", which entered into an agreement with 

 various planters in the district ofDurbungah, in Tirhut, under 

 which the growers were to put a definite area under Ramie and 

 provide Rhea stalks, the syndicate supplying the necessary machi- 

 nery to produce from these the commercial fibre. The chief difti- 

 culty has been found to be the decortication of the Ramie stalks , 

 and it was thought desirable to test whether, if this obstacle could 

 be removed, it would be possible to grow Ramie profitably in this 

 district. 



