208 



The fibre appears to be identical with that described and 



1 AfH y Perrot and Goris (Recherches sur les pailles a chapeaux 

 ue Uada^scar, in L'Agriculture pratique des pays chauds, 7 Annee, 



« aV- ' eCl 1907 ' P- lsi ' P1 - XIIL ) under the native name of 



Anipotsy " or " Hahipotsy." The authors remark s " La structure 



anormale de cette paille ne nous permet pas de la rapporter a une 



•n ^ Un S rou P e de Pontes deja connu," and add: "Cette 

 pauie doit cependant arriver dans le commerce, car elle nous fut 

 envoyee d'ltalie pour etre identifier" 



rpfof 01 v nd Goris s P eak of the fibres as " petites tigelles," and 

 reier to the superficial cells as "cellules epidermiques." They 

 wraa appear to have regarded the fibres as representing the 



ihPv G f ° f SOme plant ' and ** is ' no fl °ubt, for this reason that 

 firm ?'!! the 8tructnre so abnormal. They give good illustra- 

 o-iv rv microscopic structure (I.e., PL XIII), but the apparent 



«M«i21 f ear the centre of the bundle, described by them as a 

 •arge lacune," is really a pitted wood-vessel. 



L.A.B. 



eni^tj* * St Africa --U»der the direction of the General Govern- 



ment of French West 



Dublinr u ,ir ™^ Ll1 ™ a Henes or very userui ana interesting 

 110K Wk , have a PP eared dealing with agricultural matters. In 

 ciilSrA rochnre on Cott °n by M. Yves Henry, Director of Agri- 

 excellent Published consisting of 346 pages and illustrated by 



M Yvp« w map8 ' P hot ographs and drawings. In the same year 



historv f?u ry P ub,ished a similar treatise on Rubber in which a 

 ' J ot the Rubber indusrrv in th* fiw PVonoti ™lnniA« is 



industry 



industry in the five French colonies i 



A series V 1 " w _ """ lu « "»hu«s oDtainea in tne year iwz-vv. 

 Voiiinie! excellent Photographs and a map are included in the 



Th 



Agricultural Service, 



in which Q ™ IM ° rt V ' ^ nier ot tne Agricultural Service, 



is given Jm> 8 r fc V 11 ^ an account of the Oil Palm industry 

 method of, S ° me A excell f nt Photographs of the palms and of the 

 Ae volu»l?r Paratl0n , 0f the oil b ? the stives At the end ot 



lunie there is a clear inn.in,ii+„ im i * xi * 



clear agricult 



rj j , — ^ivmimtti map ui irne country. 



technical W* 1 */ L ' Ele jage,' M. C. Pierre, Chief of the Zoo- 



gives a L v 1C f' rea " tS ° f tne animaIs used in West Africa, and 

 region. * n8efnl accon nt of the principal fodder plants of the 



National CoLL^ £V!? re P ublis hed on the occasion of the 

 tw olon,al Exhibition at Marseilles. 



Africa 



•>>' M. -lean idim t«3 ^ ^racaiae, 1 published this year 



«Wn, ttomS, In8 P^tor of Agriculture, dealing with the 

 Jmdkf *l ;«»l aiva varieties, culture, products, &c, of 



^^ A K*12fM? the oth ^ flumes, there are 



The 



usef U | 



Mar 



