352 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ NOVEMBER 
the establishment of a garden in the Parade square of Kingston, 
and in 1871 £2267 were voted for continuation of the work. This 
sterile waste in the center of the city about seven acres in extent, 
Mr. Thomson reports in 1871, was enclosed with a handsome iron 
railing. In 1871 the governor ordered that: 
In an appropriate quarter of the garden at Castleton space should be 
reserved for every species of cane procurable, so as, if possible, to afford 
specimens of every true, distinct, and permanent variety known. The 
botanical garden of Jamaica should not be behind any garden in the world in 
regard to specimens of this particular sort of plant. 
The governor applied to Mauritius and Martinique for speci- 
mens of all varieties of cane grown there. Over sixty varieties 
of sugar cane were received in 1872 and 1873 from Mauritius, and 
the salangore from Martinique. 
In Sir J. P. Grant’s report in the Blue Book for 1871, pub- 
lished in the Gazette, October 1872, he says 
The Bombay grafted mangoes, planted three years ago, are in a thriving 
condition, and from eight to nine feet high. I do not doubt that the finest varle- 
ties of this almost unequalled fruit will thrive here quite as well as at Bombay. 
The plant has naturalized itself here in the course of only ninety years, om 
now spreads itself self-sown over large tracts in all parts of the island. 
the propagation has been exclusively from seed, it is surprising to 
amongst these wild trees so many bearing fruit at all eatable, which I think 
could not be the case were not the climate and soil very propitious for this 
plant. The quantity of fruit produced is remarkable, and it is greedily 
devoured by horses, cattle, and swine. With vessels running in six days to 
New York, the commercial value of an orchard of fine Bombay mangoes 
near Kingston would surely be very great. 
Mr. Thomson in his report for 1873, referring to these mango 
trees, points out that: 
Although the climate of Castleton is extremely favorable for the-§ growth 
cerned. As soon as possible, however, a small plantation of these Vv 
will be established at the proposed garden at Hope, which, with its far drier 
climate, is probably as good a locality as any in the West Indies for the Pro 
duction of this fruit. 
In 18; 73, the =e at the gardens states : 
