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THK .\(;i!H ILTI l!AL NEWS. 



May lU, 190-2. 



CLIMBING PLANTS. 



5Ir. Pi-n-y (Inxiiii \vrites thus on this iiitciisliiii; 

 gniiij) (if plants in Tin' I'omitri/ liir Marcli : — 



'I'd tliose feeling a syiiiiKithetic iiiteie.st in cliiij;iii^' 

 (ilaiits, many (|nPstions will suggest themselves. What ailvan 

 tages ih>es tin; climbing haltit coufer upon a |ilant ( liiietly 

 answereil, the plant saves the expens.- of )n;unifacturing a thick 

 stem. This economy is leniiered po.s.sii)le hy the method nl 

 fcc<iing that a plant adopts. ( )riliiiiiry green ph.ntsilerive theii 

 loiHJ from two soiM'ces the soil and the atmospluM'e. 'J'hey 

 foice their loots into the soil in order to absorb the necessary 

 water and substances dissolved therein. Tiu'y ruise their 

 foliage into the aii- and light, in order that the leaves may 

 hrst absojb from the atmosphere carbon dioxide, and then, 

 having split it u)i, may retain the carbon nece.ssary as nutri- 

 ment material. The leaves further have to get rid of the 

 e.xcess of water ab.sorl)ed. The stem is a channel of commu- 

 nication between the leaves, tlower.s, and root, and has to 

 hear the first two, but in itself it is neither an essential 

 fooJ-absorbing org.m nor a neces.sary factory. The relative 

 simplicity of the ofH<'es performetl by the stem renders it 

 ))ossible for a ]ilant to economize by oroducing a small stem. 

 The stems of clind>ing plants can perform all the necessary 

 functions save that of bearing the weight of foliage ami 

 Howers, and this they accomidish by leaning against their 

 stur<lier ncighlioins. The (limbing i>lant has learnt to 

 dispense with a thick stem, ami to expend less material in 

 its ronstrnction : consequently it can devote to ntlici- )piu|ioses 

 the nutritive substances that it thus .saves. 



AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN 

 THE WEST INDIES. 



.Jamaica Board uf Agricnltun- : i huniiKin ; The Honble 

 Sydney Olivier, C.M.G. : .S. riW,,,-,/ : \V, It. Huttensliaw. M. A., 

 M.Se. ; I'lililh-.ilUiii Occasional Bidletiii. 



.laniaica Agricultural Society (with thirteen attiliateil 

 Uranclits). Kuigston, .Jamaica. I'lisith nt : S'ly Augii.stus W.L. 

 Hcmnu'ng, (i.C.M.tJ. Jlipiitif Oki'iciuui : Hon'ble W'm. Faw- 

 cctt, H.Sc, F.L.S. ,sVo-,<<ny : .John Barclay. }'iihli,;ii;„H : 

 ".loninal of the .Jamaica Agricultural Society.'' 



Itoyal .lamaica Society of A{;riculture »V: Conmierce »t 

 Merchants' Exchange, Kingston, .Jamaica. I'lrsiiliiit : H(m't>le 

 laeut-Colonel Ward, ('.M.<i. Scrrhir;! : •!■ b. Ashcnhcim. 

 I'nhliriiliiiii : Annual Report. 



The In.stitute of .Jamaica : Kingston, .lam.iica. I'lunniKin : 

 Sir Kieliling Clarke. Si'rn't<(rii : Frank Cundall. F.S..A., ('urdfur 



iif Mdsmiii : Fiihliciifiiiiis ".Journal of the In.stitute of 



.lamaica. " ".lamaica in lilOl." 



Kingston A St. .\ndrew Horticu!tin-al Society. Kingston, 

 .lamaica. f/ra/r/c/i^ : Hon'ble Wni. Fawcett, B.Sc. !<frriliiifj : 

 William Harris, F.Jj.S. 



British (iiiiana Board of Agriculture, lieorgetown, Denicia- 

 ra. t'liiiiniiiiii : Hou'lde .\.M. Aslnnore. t'.M.<j. Jhjnifii ('Imir- 

 iiuiii : .]. B. Hairisou, M.A., ('.M.O.. ; Srr,it,iiii : Oscjir Weber : 

 Aiiriciiltiiidl I iinfnirtin- : H. \\ ard : .^.-^.■^^'/l' ] nsli luior in, 

 A<iiiiiilfiii< : .1. K. Beckett (on piol)ation) ; l'rfiii,:it,-ij 

 ,S'/o-./.o„ : .1. A. Ilakigh. 



HAND-BOOKS TO THE WEST INDIES. 



The following Hand books art'ord interesting information 

 of a descriptive, statistical ami general character resiiecting 

 the \\'est Indies. They also coiit;un ))ai liiulars respecting 

 the impoi'ts and exports and the agricnltnral icsourci's of tlio 

 t'olonies eininierated ; 



HAXn-Booh OF .l\MUi \ KiK l'.M)2, coniprisiu!,' Histori- 

 cal, Statistical and (leneral liiformat.ion conceniiuL; tlic Isl.ind. 

 'I'wenty-sccoud year of publication. Ijondoii : Kdw.n-d Stanford. 

 'Jt! .•lud L'7 ('ocks]mr Street. Jamaic.i : I lovcrnincnt I'rinlin^ 

 OtKcc. Kingston. 



BuiTISIl (irHNA DlKKCTOKV AMP AlMWACK |c ■] l'.li\-J, 



Georgetown, Uemeiaia : ('. K. Jardine. 



TiiiMiiAii AMI ToiiA(a) \i:\K Book, lilt):;. Tliiil\ scviiiih 

 ye.ir of issue. Compiled by .lames Henry Collins. I'oit or 

 Sp.iiii : Miiir, .Marshall .V < 'o. 



Tin; .MllUioR .Vl.MANACK AMI (iCNKRAl. CoMMElicrAl. DlUKC 



loKv oi Ti!iMn\n AMI Tonvoi). I'ort-of-Sjiain : ^folc Brothers. 



r.iitish Ciii.ina Royal .\gricultural A Coiinncrcial Society 

 I icorgctiiwn, IJemerai-a. Pnxiili nl : liuke .'\1. Hill, B.A., 

 .M.I.i'.K. Sn-ivtii,-,/ : Thomas Daley. /,..,•,(/ fWriinnj: (Berl)iee.) 

 !))■. C. F. Castor. Axsiximit Smriitini nail /.H'ikiIiui : .1. R»kI- 

 Hay, F.L.S.. I'm-nloi- of Miis( mn : l{ich:ird Kvaiis, M..\., It.Sc, 

 I'lihlinifioii : " .Journ.d of the Rojid Agriculture anil Commer- 

 cial Socict\ of British (xuiana." 



Triniilad .Agricnltui-.d Souietj-, I'ort-of-Spain, Trinidad. 

 I'lrsiih i,f : Sir Alfred Mohmey, K. ('.>].<!. Srri'tdri/ : Edgar 

 Tripp. I'lililir.itiiiii : "Proceedings of the Agricultuitd Society 

 of Trinidad. " 



Cieuada A'.iricultnral Society. St Ceoigc's. ( ireiwwla. Pirxl- 

 ,ln,l : Sir Robot B. Llewelyn." K.C..\i.(i. ^irivfiinj : W. K. 

 Rroadway. I'tilillr.itiiiii : Rlinntt's of Meetings. 



l'>arb:iilos (ielieral .\gricultui;il Society iV l{cid ScIkmiI of 

 i'laclical Chemistry, Bridgetown. Barbados. I'lixiili iit : .Sir. 

 Ceorijc C. Pile. Kt. .-'iA-i-it((ry : .1. 11. I'oycr. I'nlilirdtion : 



■■ l'..'irbados Ayiicidtural (Jazctte and I*h;iilci-s' .lournal.'' 



Tni; (iiu:NAii\ II ami r.ooK. Dihkc ronv vmiAi.mwmk toi; 

 THi: \KAll \\)t>'J. Coiiipileil by the Colonial ScciitaiA . London: 

 Samjison Jjow, Maistoii A Co., Ltd. 



Tin Si. Li 1 I \ H \mi hook, DiiiKcroiiv, .iiid \iams\i ioi; 

 1'.H|-_'. C..i]i|iilcd by pAcrard G. (larraway, Castries, I'.MIL'. 



Si. Liiiia Agricultural Societv, Ca.stiiis. Si. Lucia /'/■>■-«(- 

 ,lr„f : Srrnt.irii: IL G. McHii^h. 



lloiiiinica \'.;iiciiltiiral Socicl\. Uoscaii. I •oiiiinic.a. I'nx- 

 i.lriil : Thv llonl'ile Hcsketli H. Bell. S,:-,rt„,;i : A. K. Agar. 



AHli'4iia \;.^i icultinal Society, ri'siilfiit- 

 ,Sm;;i'((/'( : N\ . N. Sands. 



Tni: Baiiiiaihis Diri.itiuiv ami Wi;st Indian «;knki;ai. 

 \n\ KI1T1-.KH. liMII. t'onipiliMl l>y ,S. .J. Fraser. Bridgetown 

 B.-.rbados : Kinj; .V Co. 



LiiHTcoriiN's Wkst Iniiian Diiikitorv ani> CoMMri:i I \i. 

 DiKi:cToKV. .1. N. Lightbonrn, St. Thomas. 



St. Kitts Nevis .Vgricultuml Sociity. I'nsJ-l.iil: Honour- 

 able K. G. Todil. Si.ivhinj : C. A Smith. 



|Fui(lni p.irt iculai-s of .Agrictdtural and Horticultural 

 Institutions in the West Indies would be -gladly receive'<l f.a- 

 this list. Also lixtures for Agricultural Shows for l!Mr_'.J 



