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at St. Augustine’s, Trinidad, in October has just been issued. 
e provisional arrangements include the following courses 
and facilities for study :— 
(1) The Diploma Course, which will extend over three 
years and give a thorough training in the science and 
practice of Tropical Agriculture. 
(2) A one-year Course in Elementary Agricultural 
Science. 
This course is intended for those who cannot take the full 
course and should be of value in affording students with some 
practical training on the scientific side of tropical planting and 
up-to-date methods of production and management. 
(3) Courses for Agricultural Officers. 
These are intended for officers who have been selected for 
service in Tropical Agricultural Departments and should be of 
very great benefit if arrangement can be made whereby they 
can take such courses before proceeding to their substantive 
appointments. 
rovision is also being made for Post Graduate Research by 
University Graduates of other Institutions. This should be 
one of the most valuable sides of the College’s activities. 
Many problems in Tropical Agriculture, especially in Plant 
Pathology, Physiological Botany, Genetics, &c., await solution, 
and research undertaken by competent Research Students 
should lead to results of far-reaching importance, which cannot 
fail to be of value to agriculturists in all parts of the Tropical 
Dominions of the Empire. 
The opportunity thus afforded to University Graduates to 
carry out their research work in the tropics and to see something 
of a tropical fauna and flora is one which British scientific workers 
have long desired. 
Copies of the Prospectus can be obtained from the Secretary 
of the College, 14, Trinity Square, London, E.C. 3, and further 
particulars can also be obtained from him or from the Principal, 
St. Augustine’s, Trinidad. 
Contributions to the Flora of Siam.—WMichelia Rajaniana and 
Symplocos Rajaniana described on pages. 225 and 239 were 
named by Prof. Craib in honour of H.H. Prince Bidyalankarana 
(whose family name is Rajani), Vice-Minister of Commerce, under 
whose auspices the Botanical Section of the Ministry was 
inaugurated. 
Beech Wood and the Brush Industry.—Although in some 
parts of the country beech wood is sold at little above the price 
of firewood, it is an important timber in the home counties where 
