The al Department also has charge of the 



on th- :>ah. and since March, 191.!. o( those --n the Wharf 



also, the grounds of the Red Hous air Square and Colony- 



House, San Ferna 



St. Clair Experiment Station. 



The Station is situated at tlu- north-west corner ,,f the 

 savannah n the Maraval and Serpentine Roads. The 



ear terminus LS quit to the main" entrance. The Station 



iormed in l v - .Hord facilities for more vv ( ,rk 



r than was practicable in Government House 

 Gardens. Unfortunately like the latter the soil is poor and it is 

 not possible t . \perimental \v TK. on a scale and under 



conditions which would render the results generally useful tor 

 the guidance ot planters. The need, however. fr this work at 

 St. Clair is less ui_ ^uisition of St. Augustine and 



Hiv- r e.-tates to uhieh th< *al work on a large scale 



been transferred. 



administrative tnnie Department are 



ntaineil in the building on the right hand - the main 



road leading in from This building also 



contains the Herbarium and Library and closely adjacent is th> 

 Reference ammenced in 191 1 i and the Meteorological 



Instruments and The 1 irge upper room has 



temporarily been allotted to the use ot the officers of the Board 



St. Clair 'ams th >t economic plants 



from which in 1910-1 1 (lose upon .">(). 000 plants were distributed. 

 I]- tueeii April 1 and December 31, 1911, the number was 37,324. 



Amongst features of interest in the station are the collection 

 of budded oranges from Florida on either side of the main 

 entrance ro id : the collection of Indian and other mangos to 



:ight and farther down, near the nurseries, the plots of 

 rubber trees, Hevea, Castilloa and Funtumia. Plots of cacao, 

 (Forastero. Ken.ahan's Criollo. Ceylon Red, Ocumare and Alli- 

 gator), c. phor, British Honduras mahogany, Sea Island 

 and Thornton's Hybrid cotton, fruit trees and various other 

 economic plants are alv> to be seen. A limited number of 

 Agricultural Students are attached to St. Clair and given plots 

 to cultivate for their own use The station is opened to the 

 publLc daily except Sundays from 7 a.m. to (> p.m. Carriages 

 are admitted. 



STAFF. 



' and >^"/>t., Royal JJotanic Gardens 

 W. (j. Freeman. 



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