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carbonate solution soon as there are any indications of the dis- 

 ease. Up-root and burn badly mfested plants. 



s\vep:t potatoes — CouvoJtuIus Batatas. 



F. patate donee. G. batata. Spanish, batata. 



Sweet-potatoes are an important and almost universal crop in 

 the Hawaiian Islands, and their culture is so simple and so well 

 understood that it is not necessary to enter into details here. 

 The tuber seems to thrive every where, on the steep dry slopes 

 of Punchbowl or in the low reclaimed muck of the taro-patches. 



At Kamehameha the white, yellow and red varieties are regu- 

 larly grown. The white variety is considered decidedly the best, 

 both in quality, productiveness and earliness. 



MTSCELLANEOUS. 



ROSELLA — Hibiscus Sobdariffo. 



This plant has recently come into prominence as a jelly plant, 

 and it certainly is very excellent for that purpose. It is widely 

 cultivated in the tropics and grown on a sniall commercial scale 

 in Southern Florida and Southern California, for its fleshy 

 calyxes, which when cooked make an excellent sauce or jelly 

 with the flavor of cranberry. The juice of the calyxes also makes 

 a fine cooling acidy drink, and might be introduced by some en- 

 terprising druggist at his soda foimtain. 



Rosella has been grown at Kamehameha for several years, the 

 plant is a strong grovvcr and attains a height of five to eight feet. 

 With us a full year elapsed before the plants come into flower, 

 when 'they blossomed profusely, and continued so for an extended 

 period. The greatest drawback is the amount of work necessary 



to harvest the sepals. i 



(Concluded.) 



PEPPERS. 



A shipment of peppers from the Nevis Experiment Station, 

 recently forwarded to London by the Imperial Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, has been disposed of at very good prices. 



The consignment consisted of sixty-four pounds net weight 

 of yellov/ Nepaul peppers and fifty-three pounds of ordinary 

 jed chillis. 



