1580 EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL WORK 



ings had been already erected for an agricultural school by the Turks. 

 Temporar^^ accommodation is there provided for a metorological observa- 

 tory, a museum and librar5^ chemical and botanical laboratories, and 

 for the necessary scientific and administrative staff. Store rooms, stables, 

 implement sheds, cattle sheds and cottages for the servants and workmen 

 are grouped round the main buildings ; also a good covered well fitted with 

 an electric pump and a reservoir of 2000 gallons capacity. 

 The experimental ground is divided into : 



i) A park where varieties of trees and shrubs are tested for sylvi- 

 cultural, ornamental and protective purposes. Tliirty eight kinds are 

 at present on trial and this number will be greatly increased as time goes 

 on. 



2) A dry orchard for fruits which are likely to prosper without 

 irrigation. These consists of : 



Peaches Apricots ♦ 



Walnuts Almonds 



Figs Ouinces 



Loquats Pears 



Zizyphus spp. Cherries 



Pomegranates Table olives 



Carobs Eucalyptus 

 . Casuarina 



3) An irrigated orchard which is also provided with efficient wind 

 screens. It is planted with all the fruits of the dry orchard except 

 carobs, casuarina, olives, and eucalyptus, and has in addition : 



Lemons " Kin Kans " 



Bergamots Kumquats 



Limes Citrons 



Oranges Custard apples 



Tangerines Avocados 



4) A dry almond orchard to test the possibility of establishing such 

 trees on the dry steppe. 



5) A dry olive grove consisting partly of an old established planta- 

 tion and partly of a new plantation of native and Italian varieties. 



6) An irrigated palm grove in which all the varieties of North 

 African dates are eventually to be collected for ptirposes of classification. 

 At present 47 kinds of Phoenix dactylifera ar egrowing there. These 

 have been all obtained from the coastal region between Agilat and Tadji- 

 oura, and later, other parts of North Africa will be explored to provide new 

 material for study. 



7) A dry vineyard for testing species and ^'arieties of Italian grapes 

 suitable for use as table fruit or as dried fruit. The climate of Tripoli 

 should be well adapted to the production of the earlier varieries of such 

 grapes. 



8) A plantation of prickly pears on particularly arid soil where 



