10 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XX. 1. 



Myristica fragrans. Nutmeg. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A handsome medium sized tree, bearing yellow fruits which burst 

 open ^vhen ripe, showing the scarlet mace, covering the brown shell of 

 the well known nutmeg. The fleshy portion of the fruit makes a good 

 jelly. 



Pimenta acris. Bay Berry. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A medium sized tree yielding the bay oil of commerce by distillation 

 of the leaves and young shoots. 



Piper nigrum. Black Pepper. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A creeping vine with small red berries, black when dry. These are 

 ground into black pepper ; white pepper is obtained after removal of the 

 dry outer covering. 



Vanilla 2)lnniJolia. Yanilla. Cuttings 3 cents, 



A climbing orchid producing clusters of long pods, which when cured 

 are the vanilla beans of commerce, largely used for flavouring. The 

 flowers have to be pollinated by hand. 



Zingiber officinalis. Ginger. ' Roots ' 5 cents. Obtained to order. 



A small herbaceous plant with fleshj' underground stems from which 

 ginger is prepared by peeling, slicing and drying. 



Rubbers. 



Castilloa elasiica. Central American Rubber. Seedlings 3 cents. 



A large tree with heavy foliage. Cuts in the trunk yield a 



milky latex, which coagulates on the bark and is collected a'S scrap. 



It is inferior to Para Rubber and has been given up as a cultivated 

 rubber plant. 



Crrjptostcgia grandifiora. Rubber Vine. ' Purple Allamanda.' 



A scandent shrub. The stems contain a milky latex which yields 

 rubber. It is a handsome decorative plant bearing terminal cymes 

 of purple, tubular flowers, which change with age to a lighter colour. 



Funtumia elastica. West African or Lagos Silk Rubber. Seedhngs 3 cents. 



A tall tree of slender growth, very liable to fall in high winds. It 

 yields a good rubber, difficult to prepare. 



Hevea hrasiliensis. Para Rubber. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A tall tree ^\hich yields from incisions made in the lower portion of 

 the trunk a white latex, which collected, coagulated and cured, is known 

 as Para Rubber, the best and most widely grown rubber. 



Landoliiliia spp. African Rubber Vine. Seedlings 12 cents. 

 Large woody climbers, yielding rubber. 



Mimuso2)s globosa. Balata. Bullet Tree. Seedlings 5 cents. 



A large tree; its latex yields balata, somewhat resembling gutta. 

 percha. 



