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of clearing the land, if started as relief work, would be very small, while 
pans could be obtained from Antigua, Jamaica, or some other islands to 
the south. 
VIRGIN ISLANDS. 
An Agave, which, according to the Baron Eggers, is Agave Morrisii, 
Paker, the Keratto of are ng is found abundantly everywhere 
attempt was being made by Mr. Campbell to start a fibre industry in con- 
nexion with this plant. If, as is supposed, it is identical with the 
Jamaica plant, the fibre is not of great commercial value. The reports 
received respecting fibre prepared from it by the Death and Ellwood 
oo aie at Jamaica were by no means satisfactory. They were as 
follo 
(a.) Keratto Hig e rae fibre i z of little strength, and is undesirable ; 
value 127. to per ton; it is not an even fibre, and it gives; 
ence Sas ba Poa find it po difficult to know at t they are 
to do with it, and will not entertain it. It is very similar to a fibre 
that comes from Spain (Ide and Christie) ; 
(b.) i (Ool yer Jibre.—Very towy; not well cleaned, value 167. per 
ton er). 
On returning to the town some plants of Furcraea cubensis Laie 
found on land to or westward, and also a patch or two of Sansev 
guineensis. Both these are excellent fibre inate. The latter yields 
fibre that could be us a for weaving purposes, and the demand for i 
would k practically unlimited. 
St. LUCIA. 
A good fence of anes divided the Botanic garden from the public 
road on the eastern boundary. The nurseries contained a moderately 
large state of economic plants, including such fruit trees as oranges, 
citrons, limes, and grafted mangoes, purple guava, sweet sop, sour sop, 
= prosara apple, pine-apples and | aes wrtia home fibre plants 
as Furcraea gigantea F. cubensis, Sansevieria guineensis, Musa 
sie Agave rigida, var. sisalana, and Boahineria nivea. 
ST. VINCENT. 
At the time of my visit a portion of the land at the Botanic Station 
had been cleared, nurseries and seed-sheds had been started, and ex- 
established.” plots of sisal hemp, cotton, pine apples, and enis plants 
establis e 
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