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those we have on our book-shelves are : 

 " Bud-rot Disease," West Indian Bulletin, 

 vol. vi, p. 307 ; " Fungus on Goco-nuts " (by 

 Stockdale), West Indian Bulletin, vol. ix, 

 p. 361 ; "Coco-nut Diseases," Agricultitral 

 News, vol. ix, p. 254 ; whilst the latest one 

 to arrive, having come to hand after the first 

 proofs of this book were out, is the sixpenny 

 booklet on " Coco-nut Cultivation," No. 70, 

 running into 46 pages, with seventeen or 

 eighteen illustrations, from which we take 



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some of the following notes, leaving those 

 wishing for fuller particulars to turn to the 

 original. 1 



There are many situations in the Islands 

 of the Lesser Antilles where the coco-nut palm 

 can be grown to advantage. There are to be 

 found open, low-lying, coastal lands possessing 

 a light, porous soil and a moderate but suffi- 

 cient rainfall. These centres can be turned 

 into prosperous estates, within easy reach of 

 cheap freights to all parts of the world, secured, 

 be it remembered, without heavy land trans- 

 port. It must be borne in mind, however, 

 that for any estate to pay it must receive 

 adequate care and attention, particularly as 

 regards manuring and tillage. 



One advantage the prospective planter in 

 the West Indies would enjoy is that in choos- 

 ing one of these coast localities he is not 

 forced to pay high values for lands suitable for 



1 See also Appendix attached. 



