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662. CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION. 



An Exhibition of Colonial and tndian produce will be held al the 

 Crystal Palace in the summer of 1905. 



Tin- Legislature of Trinidad has voted the sum of £1,500 to be 

 devoted to this purpose, and His Excellency Sir Henry Moore 

 Jackson, K.C.M.G., lias appointed the following Committee to deal 

 with the mat ter : — 



Hon'ble F>. Cipriani. 



W. (' L. Dyett. 



„ (J. GrOODWILLE. 



The Rev. Dr. Morton. 



Professor Carmody, F.I.C., &c, &c. 



Mr. II. Hoffmann. 



.. E. Tripp. 



„ J. II. Hart. 



Professor Carmody has been elected Chairman of the Committee 

 and Mr. J. II. Hart, Secretary. 



A space of 1,500 square feet has been applied for. 



Intending exhibitors are invited to communicate with the 

 Secretary at an early date. 



663. -PANAX MOROTOTOm.-Aublet. 







This tree is a familiar one in many parts of the Island of 

 Trinidad, and grows in thickets of forest lands. Enquiries have 

 lately been made for the wood of this tree, on account of the reputed 

 suitability of its wood for the manufacture oi matches. 



664. -DIPLODIA CACACTCOLA.-/ 3 . Henn. 



This name has been given to a destructive tungus which attacks 

 the pods of Theobroma Cacao and destroys them. It was found some 

 years since in some of the Windward Islands, but to recent date, it 

 had not actually been detected in Trinidad. A few weeks since, how- 

 ever, a pod was sent to this office infected with a fungus which on 

 reference to authority has been provisionally determined as Diplodlo 

 cacaoicola. So far, however, the disease has not appeared to be 

 prevalent or likely to do any considerable amount of damage; but it 

 will be wise to take steps to prevent its spread wherever it appears. 



The measures laid down in various papers for the control of the 

 commoner Phytophthora omnivora are also effective for this disease 

 (viz.). the collecting and destroying of all diseased pods, and the 

 burying or burning of the empty "shells" when the beans are 

 extracted. This process of control is I am pleased to record now 

 being carried out on many of the best Trinidad estates with successful 

 results. In one case a prominent planter who has adopted it for 

 some time past has stated it to be highly successful, and that it has 

 resulted in saving a very large proportion of his crop for L904. 



