Vol. XIV. No. 356. 



TIIK AGRICULTURAL XKWS 



II-' 



may be indirectly transferred to i ojournon an inter- 



mediate species B. Possibly the Java occurrence may be 



explic ible on similar lines. 



I i SGICIDES \ XD -I'l; \\ [NG 



An interesting instano of I il lime in increasing 



resistance to disease in certain pla given on page 270. 



On the same page is recorded the spraying of diseased 

 palm trees in [ndia, of i he great height of 



the tn torrential rains. I'se was made of Bordeaux 



mixture containing resin soap, applied by means of light 

 compressed air spr lyers. 



A further report on experiments in the use of Bordeaux 

 mixture against leaf rust of ground nuts in Montserrat appears 

 m page 350. G 1 results were again obtained. 



The use of Burgundy mixture in substitution for 

 Bordeaux mixture, especially where good quisklime is difficult 

 to obtain, is advocated on page 398, where also instructions 

 are given for its preparation. 



FGNGOl v CONTROL 01 in-i ' I PESTS. 



information on this subject his been given in several 

 notes and reviews. An article on the subject of the efficiency 

 of fungUS parasites of se.de insects in the Lesser Antilles 

 appear- on pages 110 and 126. It is pointed out that their 

 distribution and efficiency depends on the degree of humidity, 

 and that attempts at artificial dissimination can only be 

 successful if this is taken hilly into account. There is some 

 scope for artificial methods in affording the fungi a good start 

 at the beginning of the we< season, and in the provision 

 of sin Her toconserve the humidity of the air. The conclusions 

 reached in the West Indies are borne,out by experience in 

 Florida and California, concerning which notes appear on 

 pages 94 and 286. 



A list of the numerous entomogenpus fungi of Porto Rico 

 and notes as to their hosts are given on page 280 in a review 

 of a useful bulletin from that island. The discovery of the 

 perithecial fructifications of Aschersonia in Grenada and 

 Trinidad by Dr. Thaxter is noted on page 14. 



An account of an investigation of a bacterial disease of 

 Lachnosterna grubs is reviewed on page 142. The results 

 were not conclusive as to the existence of a fatal disease of 

 this nature. 



W. X. 



offerings amounted only t,, [mi bags of wormy washed! 



rough Cochin, all of which were brought in at 26*. 



per ewt. Mace was represented at the first auction on tic 



i:;th, by 



of W est Indian, I t of which 



WEST INDIAN PRODUCTS. 



DRUGS AND SPICES IN THE LONDON 



MARKET. 



Mi. .1. It. Jackson, A.L.S., lias forwarded the follow- 

 ing report on the London drug and spice markets 

 for the month of < tetober: 



Throughout the month of ( letober there has been a fair 

 amount of business transacted at the drug and spice auctions, 

 with very slight fluctuations in supply ami demand, With 

 i to values of individual products, citric acid, kola, 

 mace, sarsaparilla. and lime juice have all had a tendency 

 to decline, while Cassia fistula Ins advanced. 



GINGER, MACE AND NUTMEGS. 



For ginger there has been very small supplies with 

 a very limited demand. At auction on the L'Tth, the 



Sold, good bold pale fetching Is. I Or/, to 2». per 111., pale 



broken 1. 8d., and common broken ~<I. to s\,i. On the 20th, 

 '.•.". packages of West Indian wet it half sold 



at the following i ites: Is. !),/. to Is. ] li,/. for fair palish, 

 Is. 6<f. to Is. 7,/. for fair to good reddish, Is. l</. for red, and 

 Is. 1',/. lor interior red, while broken fetched C 1 ,,/. to s,/. pet 

 lb. On the L'Tth, 194 packages of West Indian were brOUghl 

 forward and sold, Is. "</. to 7s. 10c/. being paid for fair t, 

 good pale: ordinary to fair mixed fetched Is. :;,/. to |>. 6c?., 

 and common Is. !(/. to Is. 2rf. 



Nutmegs were well represented at auction on tie- 20th, 

 when as man} as 240 packages of West Indian were offered and 



sold, bo's fetching Is. L',/.. 67's 11!'/.. and 90's to 99 - 1 



5},/. Again on the 27th, a largi n ignment was brought 

 forward, numbering 634 packages of West Indian, all of 

 which sold at steady rates, 65's to 80's being 1</. dearer. 



s vi:s.\l>ARILLA. 



The month opened with very large supplies of this 



drug. At auction on the 7th, tl fferings were as follows: 



Grey Jamaica 52 bales, native Jamaica 19, Honduras 19. 

 Of these, 46 bales of the grey Jamaica were disposed of at the 



following rates: ordinary part coarse to good fibrous Is. 7,/. to 

 Is. 9cl, and Is. 4c/. for coarse and dark. Of the native Jamaica 

 only 1 bale was sold, fetching lie/, per lb. for red, press packed 

 none of the Honduras was disposed of, being bought in at 

 from Is. 6d. to Is. lOd Quite at the end of the month it 

 was reported that sales had been effected privately of good 

 fibrous grey Jamaica at Is. \0d., and Lima-Jamaica at Is. ',,1. 

 to Is. 8d. per lb. 



CITRIC ACID, CANELLA ILBA, CASHEW NUTS, CASSIA FISTULA, 



KOLA, LIME oil.. LIME JUICE, TAMARINDS, AND 



ARROWROOT. 



( 'it lie acid was in very little demand at the beginning 

 of the month, the quotation being from 3s. to 3s. Id. per Dt)., 

 a position which it retained with a slightly increased demand 

 towards the end. At the first drug auction on the 7th, 

 3 packages of Canella alba bark were offered but found no 

 buyers. Sixty-one packages of cashew nuts were also 

 offered with a similar result On the other hand, 12 

 bags of bold, but partly wormy Cassia Fistula pods from 

 Dominica, realized 41s. per cwt. There was a very large 



supply of Kola nuts brought forward at the audi d 



October 7, 151 packages being offered, only 3 of which 

 sold at Cj'i/. per lb. for part mouldy Ceylon, and 7<f. 

 for West Indian halves. At the concluding auction on 

 the -Jsth. !(/. per lb. was paid for •'! packages of green 

 West Indian halves. I.ime oil was represented at the first 

 auction by 1 case of West Indian distilled, which was 

 sold at 7s. 6(3?. per tt). At the close of the month, 8s. 

 was asked for prompt delivery of the same quality oil. 

 With regard to lime juice, it was stated towards tie- 

 end of the month, that in consequence of recent arrivals 

 West Indian could be quoted at from 3s. 2d. upward. 

 At the first auction on the 7th of the month. West Indian 

 tamarinds were in good supply, as niauv as 72 packages being 



otf, red. bin no sales were effected. St. Vincent arrowr 



was In large supply at auction on the 1 1th, as many as 300 

 barrels being brought forward, and sold at -]l,d. per lb. 



