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DEPARTMENT P UBLICA TIONS ON SALE. 



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



Volume I. Re])()rts of tlie Agricultural Cmiferencu of 181(9 .ami I'.MW and otliur jiajiurs ; couii)lt'te, in the original p.aper 



covers as issued, post free, o.s. The i)arts can no longer be sold separately. 

 Volume II. Full report of the Conference of 1901, and other papers. Price, in original paper covers as issued, post 



free 2.v. 9r7. 

 Volume 111. No. 1. Agricultural Conference of 1902 : President's Address .anil Sugar Industrj'. No. 2. Conference 



of 1902 (continued). Educational and General Papers. Price (id. Po.st free Hil eiicli. No. 3. Sugar Industry, 



Scale Insects, School Guvlens, Object Ljssons, Volcanic Plienomjua, (Jround nuts etc., (in ths press.) 



PAMPHLET SERIES. 



(.3.) Seedling and other Canes at Barbad<is I'.MMI. Price 2(/. Post free 251/. (.5.) General Treatment of Insect Pests, 

 2nd Edition Revised. Price 4</. Post free 4l<l. ((i.) Recipes for cooking Sweet P<ptatos. Price 2'/. Post free 2hL 

 (7.) Scale Insects oi the Lesser Antilles. Price 4/1. Post free 5<1. (8.) Cultivatitm of Vegetables in Barbados. Price 2(1. 

 Post free 2ii/. (9.) Bee-keeping in the West Indies. Price 4(/. Post free 5(/. (10.^ Manures .and Leguminous Plants at 

 Barbados, 1898-1901. Price 4-/. Post free .".d. (11.) Hints for School Gardens. Price 2</. Post free 2*./. (12.) Seedling 

 and other Canes in the Leeward Islands, 1900-1901. Price 2<l. Post free 2?,.?. (13.) Seedlings and othc-r Canes at Barba- 

 dos, in 1901. Price 4r/. Post free 5.L (14.) Screw Worm in Cattle at St. "Lucia. Price 2</. Post free 2^./. (loA Plain 

 Talk to Small Owners. Price 2J. Post free 2 i</. (HI) Hints on Onion Cultivation, Price 2il. Post free 2p. (17) (Jeneral 

 Treatmentof Fung lid Pests, Price 4'/. Post free, 5i/. (18) Recipes for Cooking West Indian Yams, Price 2'/. Post free, 2i(i. 



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

 Prepared by the Honourable Francis Watts and others. (Pages 12 and 199). Price, limp cloth 2s., in superior binding 2.'). Gtl. 

 Postage, Shi extra. 



The 'AGRICULTURAL NEWS ' A Fortnightly Review, SuUscription 3s. 3(/. per annum, post free. 



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

 London: Messrs. Dulau & Co., 37, Soho Sipiare, W. Barbados: Messrs. Bowen & Sons, Bridgetown. Jamaica: 

 The Educational Supply Company, 10, King St., Kingston. British Gnianu : The 'Daily Chronicle Office, Georgetown. 

 Trinidad: Messrs. MuNRo, & Co., Frederick St, Port-of-Spain. roboj/o ; Mr. C. L. Plaiiemann, Scarborough. (Grenada: Messrs. 

 F. Marbast & Co., ' The Stores,' St. George. Ht. Vincent: Mr. W. C. D. Proudfoot, Kingstown. ,sf. Lncia : Mr. R. G. 

 McHuciH, Castries, Z^'Khoikh .• Messrs. C. F. Duverney & Co., Market St. Roseau. Montserrat : Mi: W. Llewellyn Wall, 

 Plymouth; Antiijna: Mr. F. Forre.st St. John's. St. Kitts : Messrs. S. L. Horsforu & 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 disapjiointment, ordering liy wire necessary on the appearance of this .advertisement. There is 

 only one crop in the 3-ear. A leading Sumatra jilanter who jiurchased 150.000 seeds on two previous occasions writes under date 

 May 10, 1902 : ' I shall like to have your lowest terms for (lelivery (jf 100,000 Hevea seeds in the same way as before from the 

 coming crop.' 75^ guaranteed to germinate. Shipments to West Indies can be made to London only ; re-shipment must be 

 arrangetl by purchasers. 



For s[ieeial offer of seeds and plants see tlie following de.scriptive Price Lists, post free on application. 



1. Tro]iical Seeds and Plants of Commercial Products, enlarged edition for 1902. 



2. Seeds and Plants of Shade, Timber, Wind-belts, Fuel, and Ornamental Trees, Trees for Road-sides, Parks, Open 

 Spaces, Pasture Lands, Avenues, Hedges, .and for planting among crops (Tea, Coii'ee, Cacao, Cardamons, etc.) 



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



5. Orchids — Ce3'lon .and Indian, (i. Seeds and Plants of Palms, Calamus, Pandanus, Cycads, Tree and other Fern.s, 

 Crotons, Roses, Dracaenas. Shrubs and Creepers. 



SPPX'l.VL AliliAXriEMEXT.S made witli foreign Governments, Botanical and Agricultural Departments, 

 Planters, and others for su|iplying seeds and jilants of Commercial Products in large (|uantities. 



AGAVE LURlDA. This highly recommended fibre yielding plant yields a fibre equal to that of Sisal in lustre 

 and tensile strengtli valued at from £28 to £3-1 per ton in London. Bulbils (.seedlings) £1 per 100, £8 per 1,000 post free: 

 special quotations for large orders. 



COFFEE. .\rabiea-Liberian Hybrid and Maragogipe Hybrid — New crop March-April, 1903: early booking 

 iieces.sary. 



A Foreign Agricultural Department writes dating 9th September, 1901: — "Please .accept our order for 17511). of Tea 

 seed and for 2,0(X) CoU'ee lieans. In regard to CoHee seed I would say that this will be the first imi)ortation made by this 

 Dep.artment, and we will leave the selecticju of the varieties to be sent to your judgement." 



"StJUTH AFRICA."— The great authority on South .African atfa'irs of 25th March, 1899, says :— .Vn interesting 

 Catalogue reaches us from the East. It is issued by William ISrothers, Tropical Seed Merch.ant.s of Henaratgoda, Ceylon, 

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

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

 prove that they were worth the grabbing. We reccjmmend the great Powers and Conce.s.sionaries under them to go to William 

 Brothers." 



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

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



Lieber's, A.T. &, A. B.C., Codes used. Tropical Seed Merchants, Henaratgoda, Ceylon. 



