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it. Tea may be tried and also Tobacco, but unless an expert is en 
to grow and prepare the produce there is no hope o deban nar a 
permanent industry to supply qe markets with either of these at 
present, 
It may be very well worth while to try and establish the Ceara- 
Rubber (Manihot Glaziovii) in West Africa. It has a pparently 
established itself at the Gambia in very poor sandy soil and under very 
arid TE It requires M attention and yields rubber at an early 
likely to take very readily to the poner PM ‘Seed o the Ceara. 
ES pm be obtained i in quantities fr fro n. 
papaw, water melons, are already found growing at or near most of the. 
Settlements. Little. or no- attention. is, however, devoted to their. 
systematic culture, and hence the yield and quality are below what they 
ought to be. H aa may be dpi ultimately practicable to export some 
at Si m 
Coast, and Lagos is given in the Kew Bulletin for October 1888, PP 
1-224. ; 
In reports which have reached Kew from Wes 
accessib 
Water should be abundantly provided by means of small i i 
ckannels all over plantations in dry districts, with holes or wells hére: 
and there to facilitate watering any plants that e it: "The 
saving in labour under such circumstances would ery considerable. 
Shelter trees should be planted, where they do not aiy exist, to- 
protect the plantations from winds and to-shade such plants as M : 
e direct rays of the sun 
There b several species of figs in West Africa that are admirably 
adapted to this purpose. Live fences made of such plants as | 
and the Madras thorn (Inga dulcis) would protect wd plantations and 
afford some relief from dry winds. The logwood is pn of great "i 
promise for West Africa. Seeds of logw ood could easi D Rub 
from the West Indies, while seeds of the Madras Per Tight ede 
from Ceylon or India. : a 
he question of soil should receive the most careful attention. E 
rich loamy soil of good depth, with good natural rpa > and within 
easy reach of water, is most essential for cultivated areas There s oe 
be considerable time spent over the selection of sites for p at 
every point should be carefully considered before the site is ultimately 
settled. 
(Signed) D. Momms. - 
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