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The steps taken to obtain Sisal Hemp plants for Jamaica are detailed 
in the following extract from the Annual Report of the Botanical 
Department for the year 1889 :— 
isa m 
only through a special 
request from the Colonial Secretary to the British Vice-Consul at 
teeth on the edges of the leaves, has for some years been growing in 
the Bahamas, where it was probably introduced from Florida. A 
specimen of the fibre was shown at the Colonial and Indian a 
1886) b 
be exercised in the investment of capital in the enterprise. I shou d 
hesitate to recommend its cultivation in any soil which is not suitable 
to it, and at the same time worthless for other cultivation.” : 
A later account of the Sigal Hemp plants at Jamaica is given in the 
for experiment at a very small expense, or in large quantities for laying 
the foundation of future fibre farms, * * *” 
