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Messrs, Jenman and Harrison are here referring principally to 

 the requirements of the sugar crop. 



It is well known that the season for the ripening of canes differs 

 considerably in the Colonies of Trinidad and British Guiana, and the 

 cause will probably be much more definitely shown Avhen the record 

 of sunshine is kept on similar lines, in addition to other ordinary 

 meteorological returns. And it will probably be found that the 

 canes are planted so as to ripen at the season of greatest sunshine, 

 with dry weather. 



To secure further comparison, the recording instrument has been 

 selected of the same pattern and by the same maker as that used in 

 British Guiana, and it is intended to keep a regular registry in future 

 which will be published with our Monthly Meteorological Returns, so 

 that planters will be afforded the means of making their own 

 deductions as to the reasons for the different periods at which the 

 sugar crop ripens in Trinidad and Demerara. 



113.— THE BOTANY OF A TREE. 



( Continued from page SOJf., Vol. I.) 



In No. 24, p. 80, October, 1894, I promised to enumerate as far 

 as possible the different vegetable growths which accumulate on the 

 trunk and branches of one of our largest trees. In redemption of 

 that promise the following list, which is far from complete, has been 

 compiled : — 



EhipHolis cassytha, G. 

 Polypodium decumanum, Wild. 



,, vaccinifolium, Fischfe Langs. 



,, incanum, Sw. 



,, aureum, L. 



Anthurium lanceolatum, Kth. 



,, species. (Palniatinerved.) 



Epidendrum lanceolatum, Bradford. 



,, ramosum, Jaxq. 



Oncidium luridum, Lindl. 

 Polystachya luteola, Hook. 

 Catasetum tridentatum. 

 Ficus sp. (Narrow-leaved. ) 



Ficus sp. 



Anrjuria ambrosa, Kth. 



Cereus triangularis. Haw. 



,, pertivianus. Mill. 

 Guzmannia tricolor, R. P. 

 Clusia species. (Large ovate-leaved. ) 



,, ,, (Small-leaved.) 



Cedrela odorata, L. 

 jEchmea (?) sp. (?) 

 Tillandsia compressa, Berter. 

 PolyporiLs, sp. (Fungus.) 

 Musci. (Three or more species.) 

 Lichens. (Many species. ) 



Cedrela odorata was 10 feet high, growing on fork. 

 Cereus peruvianum on the upper side of branches in quantity,. 

 6 to 12 feet high. 



.Mchnea species is in great quantity on branches. 



