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THE AGKICULTDKAL NEWti 



DECEMEtE -29, 1917. 



EDITORIAL 



Head Office 





NOTICES. 



— Barbados. 



Letters and matter for publication, as well as all 

 r specimens lor naming, should be addressed to the 

 Commissioner, Imperial Department of Agriculture, 

 Barbados. 



All applications for copies of the 'Agricultural 

 News' and other Departmental publications, should be 

 addressed to the Agents, and not to the Department. 



The complete list of Agents will be found on 

 page 4 of the cover. 



Imperial Commissioiter of Sir Francis Watts. K.C.M.G., 



-Agricultiwe for the West Indies D.Sc, F.I.C., F.C.S. 



SCIENTIFIC STAFF. 



SeieiUific AssistaiU and 

 AssistaiU Editor 



Entomologists 



Mycologist 



fW. R. Dunlop.* 



iRev. C. H. Blanch. B.A. 



( H. A. Ballou, M.Sc.+ 



\3. C. Hutson, B.A., Ph.D. 



W. ^^J«■eU, D.I.C. 



CLERICAL STAFF. 



■C'def Clerk 

 Clericul Assistatiti 



Typist 



Asiistaiil Typist 

 Assistant for Publicatioiis 



A. G. Howell. 

 fL. A. Corbin. 

 'P. Taylor.* 

 Ik. R. C. Foster. 



Miss B. Robinson. 



Miss W. Ellis. 



A. B. Price, Fell. Journ. Inst. 

 *iiecoud(d fur Military Seriice. 

 f Seconded for Ditty iii Egypt. 



Hibiscus Waimeae. 



Referring to a note in the issue of this Jotirnal of 

 December 1, which brought this hibisci^ to the notice 

 of our readers, ^Ir. .7. Jones. Curator «f the Botanic 

 Gardens, Dominica, writes as follows: Tuttings of the 

 above species were sent to me by Mr. Wilder, of 

 Hawaii, some year.=i ago, and forturately one grew. 

 Progress in propagating was slow owng to the diffi- 

 culty of striking cuttings, hence propagation has bsen 

 mainly by layering. Two beds of th|s plant are now 

 gi-owing in the (iardens hei'e. If glown under good 

 conditiois, Hibiscus n-aimeau is Jighly Horiferous, 

 much more so than H. Rosa-sinensp. 



'A semi-double white hibiscus j'as also received 

 from the St. Lucia Gardens about k year ago, and is 

 now being propagated.' 



Research Work in Connexion ^ith Cotton. 



Arrangements, referred to in a previous issue of 

 the A<jrii:alturaL Xews (No. 4^0, p. ioH), have 

 now been completed for the cau'ving out of re- 



^griculiural lliniii 



"Vol. XVI. SATURDAY, Dl'CEMBER 29, 1917. No. 409. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



'I'he editorial concludes a series on educational 

 p^-.ssibilities in the West Indies. It deals with the 

 • jucstion of technical education in .agriculture of pupils 

 irom elciiientarv schools. 



The production of light in certain animals, espec- 

 ially fire-flies, is discussed on page 410 under Insect 



Notes. 



Bacterial diseases of lomaioes in St. \'incent is 

 the subject of the I'lant Disease Notes on page 414." 



An interesting article on the selection of corn for 

 Seed will be found on page 400. 



cotton under the 

 nt for Scientific 

 the general direc- 



search work in connexion with 



auspices of the British Departm 



and Industrial Research, and under 



tion of the Imperial Commissiorer of Agriculture 



for the West Indies. For this purpose provision has 



been made for .Mr. 3. C. Harlanl, B.Sc, Assistant 



Agricultural .Superintendent of S 



partially seconded in order to carry 



will, for the present, pursue his resear 



Vincent, to be 

 on this work. He 

 hes in .St. Vincent. 



The provision of means for undertaking abstract 

 research in a branch of agriculture marks a distinct 

 advance in relation to scientific progress in these 

 colonies. 



Agricultural ind Industrial 



e auspices of the 



y, was held on 



he weather was 



the attendance, 



The Barbados 

 Exhibition. 



The Annual Exhibition, under t: 

 Barbado.s General Agricultural Socie 

 December 12 at <i)ueen's Park. 

 everything that could be de.-ired, an 

 on the whole, decidedly better thai that for some 

 veais previoush' 



'J'he exhibits of agricultural products were cred 

 itable. consideiing the very dry weathtr that had been 

 experienced during the past several nonths. Partic- 

 ularly good as regardssize were the e.^lribits of ground 

 provisions, and fruit. Exhibits of pailtry, although 

 not up to the standard of previous yelrs in point of 

 number, yet maintained a high standanl of excellence 

 in the majority of varieties shown. 



The art section was fairly well rep|esented. The 

 subjects in oils, both figure and landscape, as also the 

 water colour drawings, attracted much itention. 



As regards live stock, the show o[ milch cows, 

 young bulls, and heifers, and also of sheen was quite up 

 to the standard of previous ye iis. The Goat Society's 

 show, which since its organization undeA the .-vgis of 

 the Imperial Department of Agiiciilture, has been held 

 in connexion with the Industrial KxhibilViri, w ? \'-: v 

 interesting. There was a large numben of _ 



