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Thomas Mills ; bright crimson 

 Victor Verdier ; rosy carmine, purplish edges 

 Xavier Olibo ; velvety black, shaded with amaranth 

 *Virgil ; clear lavender-pink 



Climbing Hoses : 



Celine Forestier ; pale yellow, deeper centre 



Cloth of Gold ; creamy white, centres yellow 



Climbing Devoniensis ; creamy white 



Desprez k Fleur Jaune ; red, buff, flesh and sulphur 



Gloire de Dijon ; yellow, buff, and shaded salmon 



Gloire de Bordeaux ; pink, centre crimson 



Lamarqe Jaune ; golden yellow 



Mar^chal Niel ; beautiful deep yellow 



Ophirie ; reddish copper, the outer petals rosy 



Safrano ; coppery red 



Solfaterre ; creamy white 



Triomphe de Rennes ; canary, cream edges 



White Banksian ; white 



Moss Roses : 



Alice Leroi ; lilac blush shaded with rose 

 Baronne de Wassenaer ; bright red 

 Celina ; deep rosy crimson 

 White Bath ; paper white. 



W. NOCK. 



177. -A NEW USE FOR SISAL HEMP. 



Inquiries have reached us through the medium of the British 

 Trade Journal for " Sisal Cloth" for the manufacture of Cider Press 

 Cloths. In the old days these cloths used to be manufactured from 

 horse hair. It is probable that similar cloths for oil mill and other 

 presses, may also come into use. 



From the encouraging way in which the Sisal Hemp plant has 

 grown since its introduction into Trinidad, and the superiority of its 

 Fibre, it is clear that our planters will do Avell to steadily persevere 

 in securing the extension of their plantations in view of an increased 

 demand, and not let the demand come and have no supply to give. 

 The depressed state of the market for this product at present Avill 

 favourably tend in the long run to generate an upward tendency, and 

 new uses are often found for an article while it is cheap, which after- 

 wards lead on to a steady trade in a rising market. 



The warning note sounded by us in 1891 when Sir Ambrose 

 Shea's extravagant anticipations and boom was in full force in the 

 Bahamas, is now amply realized, and it is seen that large amounts of 

 money were invested in an industry, which was eminently a very 

 uncertain one, or one, the merits of which had not been fully proved. 



The questions asked in the Bulletin for February 1891, stand as 

 plainly intelligible to day, as they did then, as incapable of being 



* The colours are taken from Mr. W. Paul's book on " The Rose Garden.' 



