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An at tempt was made to grow tobacco on land adjoining 
overnment House Grounds. The produce was cured and sold 
locally at 10d. per pound. Further Bagiri are in hand. 
n December, 1896, the first crop of seed of a species of 
Renilla, one of the African rubber vines, was collected in 
the garden. The plant had climbed to the top of a Saman tree, 
and there the fruit “Laem Other valuable rubber plants that 
Racha seed in 1896 were the Para Rubber rion: brasiliensis), 
ral America Rubber (Castillon elastica), and the Ceara Rubber 
ne Glaziovii). 
wo new kinds of coffee were introduced—the Sierra Leone 
native coffee (Coffea stenoph yila), and Abbeokuta coffee. The 
latter has not yet been determin 
The receipts for about 4,000 plants sold, all at less than cost 
price, was 7; e plants received from Kew and other estab- 
lishments amounied to 2,116, while the number of packets of 
seeds received was 272. 
Attention was called by the pea to the serious effect of 
deforestation in Grenada. The timbers are everywhere being 
gradually destroyed to convert gt charcoal. This subject is 
referred to in a later section of this Report. 
e Herbarium of Grenada Plants consists of a fair collection ; 
i 700 cher were added during 1396. 
Having visited the Grenada Garden on three occasions, Viz., 
in 1886, 1891, and Th respectively, I am able to speak from 
personal observation of the improvements that have steadily taken 
place, in spite of the an is changes in the office of Curator. 
The garden, as seen in March last, was in excellent condition ; 
the growth that had taken place amongst the trees, especially 
species of Hucalyptus and Casuarina, and in several species of 
palms, was remarkable. Of the latter, Oreodoxia regia was 25 ft. 
high and Joakina singularly strong and healthy. With a suitable 
n r 
see garden in the ics--as indeed everywhere else—the 
nada Garden Berdie piia a most attractive and useful 
inatitutio 
The following treat of the botanical and agricultural resources 
of Grenada: 
Wells, J. Description of Grenada (with list of exhibits). Hand- 
book of West Indies. Indian and Colonial Exhibition (pp. 
29-33). Lo npn , 1886. 
Hooper, E. D. M. Report “ the Forests of Grenadaand Carria- 
cou, Colonial Office, 1887. 
urray,G. A Hala in Grenada: Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
ser 3 (1888), i., p. 8. 
Morris, D. miele Enterprise in the West Indies—Grenada : 
Kew Bulletin, 1891, pp. 145-152. 
Smith, G. W, Grenada Agricultural and Botanical Bulletin. 
St. George’s, 1890-93. 
