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the leaf of the Sisal by the primitive method of bruising and macera- 
“In Abaco are the ‘headquarters’ of the Sisal industry; for it is on 
this island, and some of aa Vadjseoni cays, that the largest cultivations in 
the colony je Begin at Hole-in-the-Wall, Mr. J. S. Johnson, 
200 eee. rete with 130,000 plants, some of which, 
ae two se ago, have leaves pied 3 feet long. Mr. Johnson has 
also two other cultivations on Abaco, namely, one at East Creek, Little 
“The B shank ‘Fibre Co., Limited, of which Mr. Abbot is the 
manager, has a See of 150 acres at Broad Creek with 73,000 plants, 
and another field of 108 acres at Joe Creek, with 62,000 plants. These 
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another at Great Guano Cay, both of which were planted some years 
ago, and are yielding thousands of pole plants (bulbils) as well as a 
large number of suckers 
“ Cherokee Sound has confined sel mostly to nursery planting, and. 
I saw several bingo tg of such plants growing about this settlement. 
“The Mun o Fibre Company, oni ed es Mr. T. Trumble, com- 
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“ The company intend ee plant their fields with cotton between the 
Sisal, and I understood Mr. Trumble to say that seed for this purpose: 
five of Death & Ellwood’s cence worked by a 15-horse power steam 
engine. These have been employed in cleaning Sisal leaves purchased 
from persons who have fond Base pm he yiel of cleaned fibre 
seen. This was planted by Mr. ecient E. Roberts two years ago, and 
contains 140 se with: 107,000 planta. ©: -f eges were * 
least 25,000 suckers then in the field, ama Mr. Roberts assured m 
that he had irana y removed 47,000 suckers. This field was pe 
planted with dwarf cotton between the Sis 
“At Hope Town, Mr. Thomas Russell * æ * has about 20,000 
plants, some of which have been growing half a dozen years, an 
these he expects to gather eects pole ete (bulbiis) this year, in 
addition to a large number of suckers. 
“ Another gentleman of the same name, now residing in Nassa 
has a very fine nursery at Black Sound, containing many thousands of 
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“ Propagation.—The plant is propagated in two ways, namely, from 
the young plants furnished by the pole (bulbils), and the suckers a whieh 3 
are thrown out from the roots. On the plant reaching maturity, a pole- 
15 to 20 feet in height grows out from its centre, on which a number * 
of blossoms appear borne on arms which extend laterally e: 
