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was phereet áe the first Garces or, and arrived in the ‘stent tk in 
May, 1890. He still remains in charge. The station was visited 
suggestions offered to the Government for laying it out and devoting 
it to the discharge of the s special functions assigned to it in 
developing the r iS of the island, have been steadily and 
intelligently carried o 
As alre ready indicated, the Rev. Lansdown nea account of 
the Botanic Garden in St. biara (Glasgow, 1825) is an interesting 
and valuable record. It treats of the introduction “of numerous 
gia plants, and aeaii of the bread fruit and nutmeg 
rees. 
More recent information is contained in the following :— 
e, A. F Description of St. Vincent (with list of Exhibits). 
Dion and lne Exhibition (pp. 62-72), London, 1886. 
Report upon the Forests of St. Vincent, by E. D. N. Hooper, 
of the Indian Forest Department. Colonial office, 1886. 
Historical and ees Sketch of the Colony of St Vincent, 
by T. B. C. Musgrave. Jamaica Exhibition, 1891 
Botanical Enterprise in the West Indies, St. Vincent. D. Morris. 
Kew Bulletin, 1891, pp. 140-145. 
Flora of St. Vincent and adjacent islets. Kew Bulletin, 1893, 
pp. 231-996 6.] 
272. Fruit has not been regularly cultivated for export. The 
circumstances of St. Vincent so closely resemble those of Jamaica 
that it is probable that most of the products found profitable in 
Jamaica would be equally successful in St. Vincent. If rapid ie 
regular communication could be established between St. Vine 
and New York, there is little doubt that sufficient bananas mere 
There must, however, be hlera pers a pleas in ‘charge o 
it, and ari Kopen wishful to take it up ied be required to place 
a certain area under vaca before the shipping facilities are 
actually meorided. I sho 7 estimate that at least 2,000 acres 
ou e required to be established in cultivation before ii 
trade is started. In the Psiu every effort must be made 
aana land oa this and other cultivation ae to roads ree 
ipping place 
CROWN LANDS. 
273. Considerable effort has been made by the Government to 
render the Crown lands of St. Vincent available for cultivation. 
These lands occupy the whole of the interior of the island, and 
