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place free from frost. They should be cooked in salt water and 
served with melted butter and cream. The writer in the publi- 
cation above quoted says they are ** as good as artichokes.” 
. . Wissadula rostrata—This is a malvaceous acuta ap. mative, 
originally, of the West Indies and South America, and occurrin 
also in Tropical mh G (perhaps nebat A and naturis 
in India. Roxburgh (Flora indica) says :—“ the bark. of this 
abounds in serviceable flaxen fibres, and .as it gate quic. into 
long single twigs, particularly if cut near the earth, it an 
for procuring the fibre of a good length for a factories.” 
Under the zarpar kisera name of Abutilon per ee it has 
been. made the of experiment by Mr. Hart, the Super- 
intendent of the Royal. Botanic Gardens, Trinidad. Tis following 
correspondence gives the resu 
SUPERINTENDENT, Royal. Botanic Sanden Trinidad,. to 
ROYAL GARDENS, Kew 
Botanical Department, Trinidad, 
October 10, 1899. 
AMONG our experiments is one made with Abutilon peri- 
fiiium: to determine if possible whether it can be profitably 
; ‘bre plant. 
. I send a case of specimens, part of which I should be acr if 
you would utilise for your Museums, and part I should be glad 
= ds would submit to some of your friends for Mpeg both 
rippings and when retted. Two stems are sent to show 
re straight they grow, and how easily the. stripping can be 
performed. 
Seed sown March 15th, 1899, 
ue cut April 28, 1899. 
eld per acre, raw strippings, dried (as sent), 1,089. ions. 
Yield per acre of clean. bast fibre, 9} 
Cleaned material retted four days, then scraped and dried. 
Clean material, 42 per.cent. of raw. strippings. 
fn ees 
- Iam, &c., : 
Te (Signed) J. H. HART. 
‘The- Director, 
Royal Gardens, Kew... .. 
Messrs. IDE AND CHRISTIE to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
72, Mark Lane, London, E.C., 
November ‚8, 1899. 
REPORT, 
Wr have. examined the undernoted a and find a as follows = p 3 
-Abutilon periplocifolium from Trinidad 3 `: - 
POR EAT Sume. cs in ui qu ded P ad 
EE RA peat Mae ene 
MEME LEM Ur V patna. SE A. 
