5 
“The scheme met with the approval of the late Earl e Doris, 
of S The 
i 
continuously drawn upon for men, plants, advice and. 
ation. 
itori 
“ The first Botanic Stations were started at Grenada and Barbados 
n 1886. Mor ese were soon followed by similar stations at St. 
tiie (1889), Dominica and other islands in the Leeward Group: 
tigga St. en (1890), and afterwards iat British Honduras 
me i Grenada Station was established on a spot just outside the 
town of St. George’s, and, as shown later, has become an important 
instituticn. “ An account of the interesting station at St. Vincent, 
1765 t z n with a drawing of t or’s h in 
the Kew Bulletin (1892, 2, p. 92). Several references ar t 
the excellen vork done a the Botanic Garden at Dominica, which 
promises to ay one of the most attractive and useful in the West 
Indies (Kew Bulletin, 1893, 148). 
It may be added, that the important part taken by the Botanical 
Department of Jamaica in develo oping local industries is widely 
recognised in the West Indies. Its history is almost unique in 
le in dissemi sound an 
respecting the cultivation of plants suitable for this part of the 
world. A few years ago, in the whole of the West Indies, there 
were only two botanical institutions. Recently there were eleven. 
cea their recent resources, and it affords great encourage- 
ment as regards the fut 
In 1886 an inquiry was eee into the condition of the forest 
growth in the West Indies by Mr. E. D. M. Hooper, s the Indian 
Forest Department. The islands visited were Jam obago, 
Grenada, St. Vincent, St. a a, and Antigua, RE with the 
Colony of British Hondur 
reports were almor immediately issued. They were 
forests still left in the West Indies. Forests, as is well known, 
re necessary not only as reserves of tim ber to supply future 
wants, but also as a means of mai intaining due humidity ma 
climate, and protecting the sou f springs: and rive 
Mr. Hooper has dealt with the nature; extent, and value of West 
Indian uher trees, and he has br t together a iad amount 
of the isiands, and the measures which are best adapted to 
prevent extensive and reckless sae down of forests essential 
to their well-being and future prosperity 
These forest reports have already se eyed in Jamaica as a basis 
for useful legislation ; but it is hoped that the West Indian 
