


bly very agreeable smoking, but I am unable to say if this 
are probal 
£j application i is a common one in the Island of Boutbon, or whether these 5 
d a 



ewe deg lly fifty per cent. of his plants are not Agave sisalana 
uU i : 
; Specimens, Mr. I Richards Dodge:sta 
M ar Jaré m lodoived dome Biscayne Bay, Southe 
th 
is the normal length of the rue T throughout the Biscayn 
specimens are merely a curiosity. 

CCLVII.— FALSE SISAL OF FLORIDA. 
Soe gua Baker. 





s 1 found a of Mr, A. M. Fields, who is aie pple on the as : 
o“ the btl 
" mezicana."* At the — cad was quo d in the Kew Bulletin 
the plant which he had prov isionally taken to be pec mexicana, and A 
mentioned in his report under the name of “False Sisal,” was 
tirol new species. In a letter a AP 27, 1892, e vardi 
w ai of A idise.: Washingt 
April 27, bia 
| lossoms of my so-ealled *false Sisal,’ accompanied ly mataro 
others being in a semi-decayed condition and unfit to send. 




1891 


* Sisal | Hemp Culture i in the United States. — Investigations. Report No os, 
P4 
