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Shary ; and that this nut accordingly came to me 

 like a key to a problem that I was seeking to 

 solve." * 



West Africa must therefore not expect a continuance 

 of the enjoyment of a local monopoly in the trade of 

 this much-prized seed ; for it must be prepared to 

 expect and receive, as regards home consumption, all 

 invasions from Central and Central-East Africa ; and, 

 in the matter of the development of an export trade 

 to European countries or elsewhere, Jamaica would 

 seem to promise to rank among fields of supply and 

 to combat for a place among countries competing, as 

 in Kew Report 1882 will be found from Mr. Morris 

 on that island as follows : — 



" This (the cola nut) is very plentifully distributed 

 throughout Jamaica ; having, probably like the AKEE 

 {Blighia sapidd) and other West African plants, been 

 introduced by slave ships. If necessary, several tons 

 of the nuts could be shipped every year." 



Besides, we must bear in mind the result of the 

 very general distribution of the seed for planting 

 purposes that has proceeded and does proceed from 

 the Royal Gardens, Kew, in the direction of Calcutta, 

 Singapore, Ceylon, West Indies, Java, United States 

 of America, Canada, Labuan, &c. 



In the Lancet of the 8th April, 1882, there will be 

 found an interesting article on Cola, Gourou or 

 Omb6m6 nut, embodying the result of an analysis of 

 * 'Heart of Africa.' 



