



HINIDAD. 



No. 48. 



BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT. 



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OCTOBER! 1905. 



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—Cacao Experiment Plot. 



-The growth of plants without Carbonic dioxide. 

 —Mange in Cattle. 

 -A White Bat. 

 —Tests for Farmer's Milk. 

 —Preparation of Honey for Market. 

 —The "Rind Fungus" of the Cane. 

 —A Note on Cotton. 

 -"Wet Cacao" and "Dry Cacao." 

 -"Yellow Star Apple." 

 — "Coffea Robusta," "Congo Coffee." 

 —"Cacao" at the Agricultural Conference, 1905. 

 —The "Cockroach" as a possible friend to the Cacao 

 —The late Thos. Christy. [Planter. 



—"Coconut" Disease. (Gulf Coast.) 

 —The Tannia. 



—The special qualities of Plants. 



—The importance of selection in vegetative propaga- 

 tion. 



EDITED BY 



J. H. HART, F.L.S., 



Superintendent, Botanical Department. 



TRINIDAD : 

 PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT TRINTING OFFICE, FORT-OF-SPAIN. 



1905. 



