590 Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



suggest that i part of Izal fluid to 100 parts of 

 limewash would be a suitable strength to start 

 with. If this is not effective then put ij or 

 2 per cent, of Izal until you get what you 

 want." 



THE FLORESCENCE AND FRUCTIFICATION 

 OF THE PALMS. 



Referring to the footnote on p. 253, where 

 we mention the difficulty we experienced in 

 ascertaining the length of time that passed 

 between the first appearance of the bud and 

 the gathering of the mature nuts on a coco-nut 

 palm, Mr. L. C. Brown, Inspector of Coco-nut 

 Estates in the Federated Malay States, to 

 whom we applied for some information on the 

 subject, was good enough to send us some 

 notes on the matter. In these he told us, so 

 far as he knew, he had a fixed idea that, from 

 the time the bud appeared until the nut is ripe 

 and ready to pick is twelve months. " On the 

 same grounds," he continues, " I should say 

 that from the first appearance of the spathe 

 or stem, which carries the fruit, until the flower 

 is in full bloom is at least a fortnight if not 

 more, and until the fruit is actually formed on 

 the stem a similar period, leaving about ten 

 months to elapse before the nut matures. 

 Climatic conditions, the soil in which the trees 

 grow, &c., have a great deal to do with the 

 question, and it is only by checking the results 

 of a number of years and localities that any 



