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but there is not yet sufficient evidence to justify 
planting without further experiment. 
A List or Works on tHE Ort PALM. 
Adam, J. “Le Palmier a huile et le Cocotier en Afrique occi- 
dentale francaise ” in L’ Agriculture pratique des pays chauds, 
Bulletin Mensuel du Jardin Colonial, 1908, Oo 6h, 
pp. 269-287, No. 68, pp. 380-389; No. 69, pp. 466-475; 
1909, No. 70, pp. 35-46, No. 71, pp. 127-158, No. 72, 
pp. 219-243, to be concluded—with numerous illustrations. 
The first paper deals with the habitat of the Oil Palm 
in the various French West African possessions, the second 
opens with a general description of the Oil Palm with 
excellent illustrations of inflorescences and Palms, followed 
y an account of the varieties of the Oil Palm which is 
continued in the two following numbers of the Bulletin, 
In No. 71 the conditions of vegetation are dealt with and 
the relation between the rainfall and the yield of the palms 
is discussed, and it is shewn that. the yield of nuts bears some 
relation to the rainfall of the preceding year. 
No. 72 deals with the soil in which the palms flourish, 
the cultivation of the palms including the formation of the 
plantations and their maintenance ; cultivation of other crops 
among the palms, and the question of manures. - There is 
also a section dealing with the insect pests of the Oil Palm. 
' Almeida; J. J. de. “Noticia sobre a Palmeira de Dendem,” 
Lisbonne, 1906; see Journal de 1l’Agriculture Tropicale 
No. 77; 1907,.and ‘L’Agriculture des pays chauds,’ 1908, 
466. — | 
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Drabble, Dr. E. ‘Comparison of Palm Fruits from Various 
Districts on the West Coast.’ Quarterly Journal, Liverpool 
University Institute of Commercial Research in the Tropics ; 
ii., 1907, pp. 126-129. A short note on the possibilities of 
the Oil Palm in cultivation, iii., 1908, pp. 15-19. _ sis 
Evans, A. E.. “The African Oil Palm” in ‘Tropical Life, 
_ October,.1907, p,.146, with illustrations. ae 
Grunery.Dr. “ Die-Olpalme:in Bezirk Misahéhe, Togo,” im Der 
Tropenpflanzer, viii., 1904, pp. 283-291. A summary of 
this paper is given by M. J. Adam in ‘L’Agriculture des 
pays chauds,’ 1908, pp. 467, 468. oe 
