A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



Vol XVIII. No. 45!) 



BARBADOS, NOVEMBER 29, 1919. 



Peick Id. 



CONTENTS. 



3-3 



377 

 383 



Paok 



About Cotioii .., ... 377 

 Agriculture in BarbaJ.)s 383 

 Antiseptics, Injection of, 

 into Di.seased Trees ... 

 British Molasses Com- 



l)any, Tlie 



CacHO at Havre ... 

 Cattle Gra?.inj{ in Britisli 



Guiana ... 

 Cotton Xotes : 

 A Sea Islanil 



Project 

 Cotton Exports 



the West Indies 

 Set IsUml Cotton 

 Market 

 Departnieiit News 

 Departmental Reiiorts 

 Knipire Botany ... 

 Flour Factory in Bi-itish 



Guia a ... 

 Gleanings ... 



Hcvea Brasiliensis, Vari- 

 ation in 



Cotton 



from 



374 



374 



374 

 37f» 

 37-' 

 360 



371 

 38IJ 



381 



Imperial Department 



Publieati"ns 



Impressions cf an Ameri- 

 can >iigar Chemist in 

 the Frencli West Indies 

 Insect Sotes : — 



The Toad in the West 

 Indies 

 Items of Local Interest 

 Manures, Chemical. West 



Indian lm])orts of 



Market Reports 



Kotes and Comments ... 

 Onion Growing in Gren»(i.i 

 Onion Seed, Storage of, in 



the Tropics 

 Pine-apple Cloth as Made 



in China 

 Rubber Seed Oil 

 Rubber Trees, Selection 



of 



Sugar and Tobacco Pros- 

 pects ill Nigeria 

 Tomatoes, Increasing the 



Yields of 



Af»K 



37fi 



370 



378 

 382 



377 



384 

 37(i 

 374 



375 



377 



376 



37!l 

 371 

 :«1 



Emp're Botany. 



JX his recent presidential Address* Sir 

 3^ Vfi?. Daniel Morris, K.C M.C; , formerly Imperia 

 Commissioner of Agriculture for the Wesf- 

 Indies, gave h comprehensive survey of botanical 

 progress and tendencies at Home, in India, the 

 Dominions, and in the Colonies. Much of what he 

 said has a direct bearing on tmpical agriculture : all of 

 what he said shows how closely botanical research 



♦ To the Botanical Section of tlu British Association f- a- 

 the Advancement of .Science, B iMrnemou !i M<ii-ling, 1919. 



is connected with the increased production of veget- 

 able products, whether for food or manufacture, 

 throughout the world. 



Referring first to the scientific exploration of 

 ihc resources of the Empire, Sir Daniel pointed ou6 

 that it, was satisfactory to note that the publications 

 dealing with the flor.is of tropical and sub-tropical 

 countries have been continued. These publications, 

 apart from their purely scientific value, reveal the 

 exist,ence and distribu(,ion of plants that may eventual- 

 ly prove of economic importance. A. notable work, 

 ■Flora Capensis', is nearly completed by the Union 

 Government of South Africa, under the auspicc3 of 

 Kew, and another important contribution to system .tic 

 botany is the 'Flor^ of Tropical Africa,' of which six 

 volumes have already been published. In connexion 

 with these matters. Sir Daniel Morris called attention 

 to the need of complete Horas of the WeM Indian 

 colonies, especially of the larger ones like Trinidad 

 and British Guiana. At present Jamaica is tfie only 

 colony in the West Indies that h.is been accurately 

 surveyed botanically. 



Pas.sing on to what has and is being don» to 

 develop the resources of the trjpics. Sir Daniel 

 referred to the work of the Imperial Dep.irtment of 

 Agriculture for the West Indies. A gratifying 

 proof of the value of its work has been the formation 

 in India !.nd elsewhere of Departments on siiuiar 

 lines. An interesting feature of this agricultural and 

 scientific work has been the steady increase in the 

 number of scientific and technical officers attached to 

 Government botanical establishments invaiious part^j 



