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experiments were carried on at the stations 



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rative returns if grown on a commercial scale. In 1904, the title 

 of the Officer-in-charge of the Experiment Station was changed 

 from Agricultural Instructor to Curator. 



" In 1905, Mr. Jordan was appointed Curator of the Botanical 

 Gardens at Antigua, and Mr. W. Robson, the present Curator, was 

 appointed to succeed Mr. Jordan at Montserrat. During the 

 interval between the departure of Mr. Jordan and the arrival of 

 Mr. Robson, the duties of the Curator were performed by 

 Mr. E. Buckmire, foreman of the Botanic Gardens at St. Lucia. 

 On June 1, 1900, Mr. Dudley Johnson was appointed Local 

 Instructor, which post he has retained up to the present time." 



St. Kitt's-Nevis Botanic Station— The history of this station is 

 taken from the Reports for 1906-07 on the Botanic Station, &c, for 

 St. Kitt's-Nevis. 



" The Botanic Station in St. Kitt's was established in the latter 

 part of 1899. The first Curator, Mr. Charles Plumb, was appointed 

 in October of that year. 



" The site of the present station was selected by Mr. (now Sir) 

 Daniel Morris, Assistant Director, Royal Gardens, Kew, towards 

 the end of 1890, when he was in the West Indies on an official 

 visit in connexion with the Botanic Stations. The land so selected 

 originally formed part of a sugar estate, La Guerite, which had 

 been purchased by the local Government. 



" The station was laid out by Mr. Plumb during the years 1891 

 and 1892 according to the plan laid down by Mr. Morris, and 

 considerable time and money were spent in making roads and 

 planting wind-belts of trees to protect the station from the effects 

 of the sea blast and high winds. 



" Mr - /!? m )> continued in charge of the station under the super- 

 vision of Mr. C. A. Barber, the then Superintendent of Agriculture 

 tor the Leeward Islands, until March 1, 1893, when he resigned, 



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cnarge until October, 1898, when Mr. W. Lunt, wl 

 trained at Kew, and who had been for some years i 

 Botanic Gardens, Trinidad, was appointed Curator, wi 



at the Royal 



as foreman. 



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Mr. Lunt died on January 3, 1901, and the present Curator, 

 f; "• Shepherd, who was then Superintendent of Skerretts 



Mr. F. R. 



tw„-~ a C \ > V was Luen superintendent ot »Kerreu» 



liaming School at Antigua, was appointed to act as Curator for 



??! £? r > an ,? at tlle end of that time was confirmed in the 



appointment." 



f i^?S?H IXpe ? me !? ^ion.-The history of the station is taken 

 10^906-07 P ° n e Ex P eriment Station, Tortola, Virgin glands, 



tment 



thfi Viwin Tain«^ • ,^7: UL Agriculture began its worK m 



he north west of *p 19 i°^ A Partl y atoned sugar estate to 

 tne north-west ot Road Town was chosen as the site for an 



