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Sacci (Sacqui) or Henequen blanco (white henequen). Both sorts 
were apparently varieties of Agave rigida, and referable to what is known 
at Kew as Agave rigida, var. elongata. The fibre prepared from these 
leaves arrived in a somewhat soiled and damp condition owing to the . 
fact that it had been packed with the green leaves which had fermented 
in transit. The report made on this fibre by Messrs. Ide and Christie, 
dated 17th December 1891, is nevertheless of a satisfactory character :— 
“We have been favoured with your note of the 15th instant with 
regard to the specimens of henequen fibre from British Honduras. We 
do not make much difference, d between the white and 
een sorts. Both are very good style of fibre, quite of the Sisai hemp 
character, and they would be readily inte to-day in London at 20/. 
to 217. per ton. We think it should be possible to prepare them of a 
better colour, and with a esie id a somewhat higher price 
might be obtainable. As we have mentioned in previous communica- 
tions poe is of jaore in n ail so-called ‘white hemps.’ Although 
e present only small lots of Bahamas Sisal have come to this 
ket t have, as a rule, been excellent, and pro- 
ducers in i British Honduras should likewise give them every attention.” 

TRINIDAD. 
The following account of the introduction of Sisal hemp plants to 
Trinidad is given in the Annual Report of the Superintendent of the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Trinidad, for the year 1891, p. 14. 
* Fibres.— Agave rigida, var. sisalana.—During the year we obtained 
from Messrs. Reasoner edm ., of Manatee, Florida, “10, 000 bulbils of - 
plant,and 2,000 from another source. Of this number 
been distributed to various ae The remainder, deducting vind 
losses, are still at the gar en 
* One thousand plan s requisitioned by ees aq we two thousand 
sent to the Conviet Depôt are included in the above numbers. 
* The plants arrived in splendid nail in the form of small bulbils, 7 
small plants without roots. The e placed in beds close ti 
for convenience of culture, and as soon as properly rooted were trans- 
planted at a wider distint, where they have thriven remarkably well. 
This is the plant which (it would appear from all accounts) is: now 
being cultivated so largely in the Bahamas, and from which such 
* great expectations’ arise. 
WINDWARD ISLANDS. 
A good deal of interest has been shown by the Governor-in-Chief, 
Sir Walter "n in the introduction of plants of Sisal 
hemp to the Windward Isla 
viz. 12 feet between ET and 10 feet js a rows y a a pea hill- 
side facing the west, and therefore full osed t sun. For 
t iment, to hai 
greater progress 
that f ait the ‘Sisal hemp pint any be extremely hardy, and require 
