ToL. I. No. 10. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 1T)9 



DEPARTMENT P UBLICA TIONS ON SALE. 



The ' WEST INDIAN BULLETIN." A Quarterly Scientific Journal. 



Volume I. Reports of tlie Agricultural Ouiifeience of 18'J!) iinil L'.IDO -mil otlier juipurs ; coiiijilete, in the original paper 



cover.s as issued, post free, .5.s. Tlie parts can no longer be sold sei)arately. 

 Volume II. Full rej)ort of the Conference of I'JOl, and other papers. Price, in original paper covers a.s issued, post 



free 2.s. <),!. 

 VoLVME III. Number 1. Agricultural Conference of 1902 : Pi-esident's Address and Sugar Indust.y. Price (id. Post 



free 8(/. Number 2. Conference of 1902 (continued). Educational and General Papers. Price (if/. I'ost free Sd. 



PAMPHLET SERIES. 



(.S,) Seedling .and other Canes at Barbados 1900. Price 2(/. Post free 2hil. (5.) General Treatment of Insect Posts, 

 2nd Edition Revised. I'rice 4il. Post free 4l<l. (fi.) Recipes for cooking Sweet Potatos. Price 2(1. Post free 2hd. 

 (7.) Scale Insects of the Lesser Antilles. Price 4(/. Post free .5'/. (8.) Cultivati(m of Vegetables in Barbados. Price 2d. 

 Post free 2',i/. (9.) Bee-keeping in the West Indies. Pj-ice 4</. Post free 5(/. (10.) Manures and Leguminous Plants afi 

 Barbados, 1898-1901. Price 4</. Post free T.d. (II.) Hints for School Gardens. Price 2./. Post free 2Af/. (12.) Seedling 

 and (itlier Canes in the Leeward Islands, 1900-1901. Price 2d. Post free 2f,(/. (l-i.) Seedlings and other Canes at Barba- 

 dos, in 1901. Price 4(?. Post free 5i<. (14.) Screw Worm in Cattle at St. 'Lucia. Price 2d. Post free 2},iL (15.) Plain 

 Talk to Small Owners. Price 2d. Post free 2h<l. (lH) Hints on Onion Cultivation, Price 2d. Post free" 2^d. 



' NATURE TEACHING.' A text book based upon the general principles of Agriculture for the use of schools. 

 Prepared by tliu Hoiiouralde Francis Watts and otiiers. (Pages 12 and 199). I'rice, limp cloth 2s., in sui)erior binding 2.s. C)d. 

 Postage, Shi extra. 



The 'AGRICULTURAL NEWS ' A Fortnightly Review, Sub.scription 3s. 3J. per aniium, post free 



Agents for the sale of the publications of the Department : — 

 London: Messrs. Dulau & Co., 37, Soho Sipiare, W. Biirh.idi>s: Messi's. Bowen & Sons, Bridgetown. Jumnloa : 

 The Educational Supply Company, 16, King St., Kingston. Ilritish Gnltinn : The ' Daily Clironicle (Jflice, Georgetown. 

 Ti-iiiiihid: Messrs. MuNRO, & Co., Frederick St, Port-of-Spain. Tol>a(jo : Mr. C. L. Plaoemann, Scarborough. Grciuulti : Messrs. 

 F. Marrast & Co., ' The Stores, ' St. George. .bY. Vincent : Mr. W. C. D. Proudkoot, Kingstown. St. Lv.ciu : Mr. R. G. 

 McHucJH, Castries, iMiiiidiVrt.- Messrs. C. F. Duverney & Co., Market St. Roseau. Moids:rrat : Mr. W. Llewellyn Wall, 

 Plymoutli ; Aidiyna: Mr. F. Forrest St. John's, tit. Kitts : Messrs. S. L. Horsford & Co., Basseterre 



TO THE 

 PLANTING WORLD. 



Seeds & Plants of Commercial Products. 



HEVEA BRASILIENSIS. Coming crop of seeds August-September .sliipment. As orders must reach us at 

 least at the end of July to avoid disappointment, onlering by wire necessary on the appearance of this advertisement. There is 

 only one croji in tlie year. A leading Sumatra ]ilanter who jiurcliased 150.000 seeds on two jirevious occasions writes under date 

 May 10, 1902 : ' I shall like to liave your lowest terms for delivery of 100,000 Hevea seeds in tlie same way as liefore from the 

 coming croj).' 75% guaranteed to germinate. Sliipmeiits to West Indies can be made to London only : re-shipment must be 

 arranged by purchasers. 



For special offer of .seeds and jilants see the following de.scriptive Price Lists, post free on application. 



1. Tropical Seeds and Plants of C(unmercial Products, enlarged edition for 1902. 



2. Seeds and Plants of Shade, Timber, \Vind-l)elts, Fuel, and Ornamental Trees, Trees for Road-sides, Parks, Opea 

 Spaces, Pasture Lands, Avenues, Hedges, and for planting among crops (Tea, Coilee, Cacao, CardauKms, etc.) 



3. Seeds and Plants of Tropical Fruit Trees including Mango grafts. 4. Bulbs, Tubers and Yams. 



5. Orchids — Ceylon and Indian, (i. Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandauus, Cycads, Tree and other Ferns, 

 Crotons, Roses, Dracaenas, Shrubs and Creepers. 



SPECIAL AKRANGEMENT8 made with foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural Departments, 

 Planter.s, and otliers for supplying seeds and plants of Commercial Products in huge (piantities. 



AGAVE LURIDA. This higlily recommended libre yielding plant yields a fibre eipial to that of Si^id in lustre 

 and tensile strength valued at from £28 to £M per ton in London. Bulbils (.seedlings) £1 per 100, £8 per 1,000 post free: 

 special quotations for large orders. 



COFFEE. Araliica Liberian Hybrid and Maragogipe Hybrid — New crop Jlarch-April, 1903 : early booking 

 necessary. 



A Foreign Agricultural Department writes dating 9th September, 1901: — "Please accept our order for 1751b. of Tea 

 seed and for 2,0<J0 Cotl'ee beans. In regard to CoH'ee seed I would say tliat this will be the first importation made by this 

 Department, and we will leave the selection of the varieties to be sent to your judgement." 



"SOUTH AFRICA."— Tlie great authority on South Africaii affairs of 25th March, 1899, says :— An interesting 

 Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William Brotliers, Tropical Seed Merchants of Henaratgoda, Ceylon, 

 and schedules all the useful and beautiful plants whicli will thrive in tropical and semi-tropical regions. We fancy Messrs. Williams 

 :should do good business, for now tliat the great powers have grabbed all the waste places of the earth, they must turn to and 

 prove that tliey were worth the grabbing. We recommend the great Powers and Concessionaries under them to go to WiUiam 

 Brothers." 



Agents in London : Messrs. P. W. WooUey & Co., 90, Lower Thames Street. 

 Telegraphic Address : William Hknakatgoda, Ceylon. J. P. WILLIAM & BROTHERS, 



Lieber'.s, A.I. & A.B.C, Codes used. Tropical Seed Merchants, Henaratgoda, Ceylon. 



