JAMAICA. 



BULLETIN 



NEW YORT" 



OF 1 HE 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Vol. V. JUNE & JULY, 1907. Parts 6 & 7. 



COCO-NUT PALM DISEASE IN TRINIDAD. 



The Commissioner of the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the 

 West Indies to the Director of Public Gardens and Plantations, 

 Jamaica. 



Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies. 



Barbados, April 9, 1 907. 

 My dear Fawcett, 



In view of the investigations that are being conducted with re- 

 ference to the " bud-rot" disease of the coco-nut, I enclose, here- 

 with, for your information, a copy of a report, published in the 

 Trinidad Royal Gazette of February 7 last, by Mr. F. A. Stockdale, 

 B.A., the Mycologist on the staff of this Department, on the 

 inquiry into the causes of the diseases of coco-nut palms in 

 Trinidad during his visit to that Colony in July and August last. 



The three diseases described are as follows : — 



(1) a root disease; (2) a leaf disease ; and (3) a "bud-rot" 

 disease ; and as it is probable that similar diseases may occur 

 amongst coco-nut palms in Jamaica, the recommendations and 

 suggested remedial measures may be of value in affording infor- 

 mation as to the best means of preventing the further spread of 

 diseases. 



A summary of this report has already appeared in the Agri- 

 cultural News (Vol. VI, p. 75) with a view to directing the attention 

 of coco-nut planters to diseases amongst their cultivations. 



With kind wishes, 



Sincerely yours, 



D. Morris. 



COCO-NUT PALM DISEASE. 



The Mycologist to the Imperial Commissioner of Agriculture. 



Barbados, 



19th October, 1906. 

 SIR, 

 I have the honour to submit, herewith, a report on my visit 

 to Trinidad from July loth to August 14th to inquire into the 



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