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“Laboratory Work.—The 5 ie for which iit section of the 
Beparisnshe was establis has been well served since the 
erection of the laboratory in 1910. 
The idea in fitting up a local laboratory in the Garden was 
to enable the Department to deal with the hier of Lime 
juice, milk and other food stuffs, soils and manures, 
The gradual increase in the number of samples serie in for 
analysis shows that the Government laboratory in Antigua is 
gradually being relieved, so far as Dominica is concerned, of such 
work as might be safely and efficiently dealt with locally, with 
a saving of time and postal expenses. 
The laboratory in Dominica, it should be mentioned, does 
not interfere in any way with the central laboratory in Antigua 
—supported by the Imperial Government for research work in 
the Leeward Islands—in regard to the more important chemical 
investigations. All important matters are still submitted to the 
Government Chemist in that island and only such work as is 
shown above has been undertaken locally. 
Morne Bruce LAnpDs. 
Leaving the Botanic Garden and proceeding along a zigzag 
path, well protected from the sun by overhanging bamboos and 
native timber trees, the top of the Morne Bruce cliff is 
eventually reached. 
Having arrived at the top one receives as a reward for the 
strenuous climb a refreshing breeze from the direction of the 
Windward coast—a pleasure which the people of the town of 
Roseau can only experience on the hill tops, for rarely does the 
wind blow in from the sea on the Leeward side, where Roseau 
and the Garden are situated. 
At this point, looking up the Roseau Valley, the winding 
river can be seen making its way down from the rugged country 
aboye; whilst looking out towards the sea one views immediately 
~ below the full expanse of the Garden. 
Between the Garden and the sea the red-topped houses and 
the steeples of churches peep out here and there from among the 
trees. 
The contrast here is very striking; for down below we have. 
the Garden representing purpose and order of things, and up in 
the country above, in the opposite direction, a wonderful scene 
of natural beauty. 
Keeping straight along the edge of the cliff on the left hand 
side is a collection of Eucalpyts, which numbered seventy-two 
species prior to the hurricanes of 1915 and 1916; now, however, 
after the havoc then wrought the number of species is reduced 
to about fifty. 
The Morne Bruce lime nursery already referred to is situated 
next to the Eucalyptus plot. 
Adjoining this nursery is a piece of ground 2 acres in extent 
planted in Coconuts, Cocoa, Limes. Camphor, and Rubber, 
