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stony nature is always preferred, as in addition to 

 giving better results generally it accommodates a 

 larger number of plants to the acre. Mysore 

 possesses plenty of such land, and if the latter can 

 produce leaves of four feet in length it will do. 

 But there is a reduction in value, as well as diffi- 

 culty in extracting the fibre, when the leaves are 

 under three feet in length. In Yucatan, plants are 

 put out in rows at 7, 8, 9 and even 12 feet apart, 

 according to the nature of the soil. But the general 

 practice is to allow nothing under 400 plants to the 

 acre, while G60 is considered about the maximum 

 number. In the Bahamas the planting is somewhat 

 closer. When a plantation is once established it 

 may be profitably worked for a life time, care being 

 taken not to let the plants pole or become exhausted 

 from over-cutting. In a large plantation drives are 

 left at convenient intervals to facilitate the easy 

 removal of leaves." 



Recent information on the growing of A. sisalana will be 

 found in the Year Book of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture for 1903 (Washington 190&, pp. 395396). 



The only Furcraea that is grown on any scale in India is 

 the " Mauritius Hemp." This is established in the extreme 

 S. W. of India ; in N. India it has recently been used for fibre 

 with other Agave ae ; but it is not known to what extent it is 

 in cultivation for this purpose ; the identification of this species 

 is considered in the Descriptive List under Furcraea. 



To sum up as regards Indian economic species of Agave, 

 those at persent known are E, F, GK J of the Descrip- 

 tive List ; 



E. is Agave Cantala Roxb. 



Gk is A. sisalana Perrine. 



J. is A. vivipara Wight, which we have called 



instead A. Wightii. 



" F " unfortunately is without a name for the present. It 

 seems intermediate between A. Cantala and the Sisalana 

 series, and would probably repay investigation. 



