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(Hevea brasiliensis). Experimental tapping of the latter. is being 
carried out at the present time. 
On the right hand side of the road leading from this point 
to the Lime Experiment Station stands the Curator’s house and 
Government cottage. 
Before reaching the Lime Experiment Station the road passes 
under an avenue of Date and Coconut palms, and leads into a 
grass square on each of the four sides of which stands an old 
military building. These buildings have been used for many 
purposes since the military vacated them, including those of 
Reformatory School, Poor house, Isolation Hospital, and latterly 
as the Agricultural School already described. 
Continuing along the road the Lime Experiment Station 
comes into view on the right. Standing on the road—only a 
few feet wide—which may be described as the crest of the ridge 
separating the Roseau valley from the valley in which the limes 
are growing, one obtains not only a good view of the Experiment 
Station below but also of the scenery of the rising land beyond. 
As a rule the peaks of the tallest mountains are buried in 
the clouds, but on fine days, especially in the evenings, they 
stand out well defined against the clear sky. 
Lime EXPERIMENT STATION. 
The area of the Lime Experiment Station is approximately 
25 acres exclusive of the lower part of the valley near the sea, 
which is also Government ground and will be taken into 
cultivation gradually and planted with limes. In addition to 
Limes, Camphor, Coconuts, Grape fruits, Shea Butter trees, and 
green dressing crops are also grown. 
hese crops, however, do not take up much more than 
9 acres of land; whilst the growing of green dressing crops is 
essential for mulching purposes in connection with the manurial 
experiments. 
The mulch crops are grown on shallow patches of land near 
the mulch plots of each of the series of experiments, and they 
serve two purposes, viz.—supplying mulch to lime trees and 
demonstrating to planters how shallow patches of land in the 
‘vicinity of lime cultivations may be utilised. 
The Lime Experiment Station has been in existence for 
seven years. Started in 1913 it took the place of a rather 
ansatisfactory system of experiments that had been in vogue 
on several estates in different parts of the island since 1901. 
The need of undertaking experiments in the cultivation and 
manuring of limes had long been recognised; but no useful 
attempt was made to meet this need until 1913, when it was 
found that the many pickings involved, labour troubles, and 
inadequate supervision on estates stood in the way of accurate 
records being furnished. It became evident that the problem 
could only be solved by bringing together the whole of the plots 
