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1. The public portion of the Gardens is 41 acres, rood, 6 perches 



in extent. 



2. The private grounds attached to the Governor's residence, 



9 acres, 3 roods, 24^ perches. 



3. Private grounds attached to Superintendent's residence, 



2 acres, 3 roods and 39^ perches. 



4. The enclosures reserved for administrative purposes, 8 acres, 



2 roods and 32 perches. 



The total area of the whole Botanic Garden is 62 acres, 2 roods, 

 22 perches. A Plan of the same is deposited in Office of the Crown 

 Lands Department, and one may be seen at the Gardens' Office at any 

 time during office hours. 



Eegulations have been made under the Ordinance which are 

 similar in character to those adopted by such Institutions in all parts 

 of the world : these have been published in the Boijal Gazette and may 

 also be seen at the Gardens' Office at any time. 



121.-THB "COHUNE" PALM. 



" Attalea Cohune," Mart. 



Our first acquaintance with this palm Avas in the grounds of a 

 private residence situated some two miles above the site of the Public 

 Garden at Hope, Jamaica, in 1876. The specimen was a fully 

 developed one standing some 70 feet in height, and bearing an 

 abundance of fruit. In Bulletin No. 6 I published the weight of a 

 bunch of fruit taken from one of the trees of Trinidad Garden as 

 287^ lbs,, and the number of fruit on the bunch as 2,203, and in 

 Bulletin No. 12 I reported having found the palm common in the 

 Island of Tobago. It is also indigenous to Trinidad, and is found 

 generally through large portions of Central America, where it reaches 

 immense heights. The tree bears a fruit about three inches in length 

 and one-and-a-half inch in diameter, ovate in form, with three ovules 

 in each. As in the coconut, however, it is found that in some cases 

 only one seed is present and occupies the whole interior. Attempts 

 have been made to extract the oil from these seeds, but although it is 

 of good quality, the proportion yielded is too small to pay for 

 extraction, which is peculiarly difficult owing to the indurated 

 character of the shell which surrounds the kernel. 



