PREFAO E. 



This Index of Products has been prepared as an indication of the 

 various uses to which plants growing in Jamaica may be put. It has 

 been written somewhat hurriedly in order to have it for reference 

 during the Exhibition. 



The arrangement is in alphabetical order of the scientific names 

 with cross references from the common names. After the botanical 

 name comes the common name ; then its habitat, followed by a very 

 short description of the plant. 



The parts of the plants which are of economic use are arranged in 

 the following order, root, stem, leaves, flowers, fruit. 



Reference has been made, when necessary, to the Bulletin of the 

 Botanical Department. Several works have been consulted, of which 

 the chief are Watt's Dictionary of Economic Pr )ducts of India, Vols. 

 ' I. and II., A to C ; Bentley and Tiimen's Medicinal Plants; Macfa- 

 dyen's Flora of Jamaica, Vols. I. anil II ; Kew Bulletin. The last 

 mentioned publication should be in the hands of all who are in any 

 way interested in tropical agriculture. 



W. F. 





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