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CHAPTER IV. 



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Flora of British Honduras. First impressions of the country. Mangrove- 

 trees. Characteristics of vegetation of the interior dependent on geolo- 

 gical features. Underlying strata. How deposited. Geological floor. 

 Glacial action. Icebergs. Reasons for adopting glacial theory. Pine- 

 ridge country. Vegetation. Pine-trees, pimento-thatch, crabboe, 

 haha. Distribution of pine-ridges. Use of pine-wood. White and 

 yellow pine. Resin and turpentine from pine-trees. How to extract 

 turpentine. Cohune-ridge. Cohune palm. Description : leaves, stem, 

 and fruit. Cohune seeds. Oil. Timber-trees. Mahogany. Value 

 of export. Common cedar. Logwood. Sapodilla. Santa Maria. 

 Fiddle-wood. Rosewood. Salmwood. Braziletto. Ironwood. 

 Mahoe. Numerous undetermined woods. Locust-tree. Cashaw. 

 Edible candle-tree. Palms. Orchids. Ferns . 53 



CHAPTER V. 



Cacao plant. T. angustifolia. Shade necessary. Socunusco or Tabasco 

 cacao. Castilloa or Central American rubber. Description of tree: 

 leaves, flowers, and fruit. How to collect seeds. How to raise plants. 

 How to tap trees. How to prepare the rubber. Use of juice of the 

 moon-plant. Use of alum. Preparation of rubber ready for shipment. 

 Yield of trees. Value. Extended use of the Castilloa tree. Shade 

 trees in general. Superiority of Castilloa over other shade trees. 

 Ceara rubber-trees. Soil, situation, and districts for the Castilloa. 

 Distance apart. Pruning. Returns of cultivated trees. Vanilla 

 plant. Found wild and in bearing. Value. Directions for cultiva- 

 tion. How to fertilise flowers. How to cure beans. Fibre plants. 

 Pita and henequin. How to establish a henequin plantation. Return 

 at the end of five or six years. Preparation of fibre. Value of the 

 industry in Yucatan. Cockspur-tree. Tococa. Habits of ants. 

 Provision-tree. Indigo. Arnatto. Karamani, or hog-gum. Oil of 

 Ben. Balsam of Tolu. Balsam of Copaiba. Guaco. Corkwood. 

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CHAPTER VI. 



Sugar-cane cultivation. Its introduction. Cost of production. Causes 

 of decline of sugar industry. How to be revived. Muscavado sugar. 

 New varieties of canes to be introduced. Banana cultivation. Hints 

 to cultivators. Abundant land for bananas. Present position of the 

 industry. Cacao. Advantages possessed by British Honduras. Nature 

 of land. How to start a plantation. Shade plants required. India- 

 rubber-tree. Liberian coffee. Market value in America. Topping 

 and pruning. Pulping machines. Oranges, limes, and lemons. Coco- 

 nuts : prolific yield. How to plant. Planting distances. Cost of 

 plantations. Export trade. Rice. Indian corn. Tobacco. Pine- 

 apples, how to cultivate. Cinchona . . . . . . . . 89 



