304 
42. Cacao plants were also exchanged for 300 ‘Plants of Arabian 
coffee, and several plants have also been distributed fr 
43. The following plants and seeds have been sh during the 
half y follows lists, not reproduced, of 40 plants and nine 
lots of seeds received from the Botanical Gardens, Trinidad ; of vine 
cuttings and numerous seeds received from the ues Gardens, Kew; 
and seeds received from his Excellency the Governor. ] 
46. VEG um grum Es.—The growing of p vegetables has met M 
so successful during the present season as it ast yea: 
weather has not been suitable, and further T and, dar is seeds Cte d 
this year were not so good as formerly, many of them not germ: oe 
at all. Potatoes, peas, and French beans have grown the best. Potatoe 
from sets obtained from Messrs, Sutton’s and Sons, edie 
did very well indeed. The varieties grown were Magnum Bonum, 
Beauty of Hebron and Sutton’s Abundance. The latter variety 
produced the finest crop of potatoes. Many new vegetables are being 
tried, as for instance, Globe pasa a Ln Asparagus, Seakale, &c., &c., 
and so far -_ are gr vise satisfaetorily. 
* * * 
I have, &c. 
à 'The Hon. the (Signed) W. CROWTHER, 
“Colonial Secretary, Victoriaborg. Curator. 

CCLXXXVI.—RAMIE MACHINE TRIALS AT NEW 
ORLEANS. 
the latest information connected with the extraction of fibre from 
oehmeria nivea, Hk. and Boehmeria nivea var. tenacissima, 
Gad) | is contained in a Re eport on the recent trials of Ramie decorti- 
ting machines held uie ee authority of the U.S. Department of 
pura at "NC Orlea The trials took place on the 30th 
September last, and the Report of the Board of Experts, acting as jury, 
blished.* 
Just P 
The results of the New Orleans trials do not appear to carry us any 
nearer to the solution of the problem that “te been so Jong under con- 
sideration in regard to the extraction of Ramie fibre. e machines 
presented do not appear to possess any adv shes over those tried at 
Paris in 1888 and 1889, and fully diseussed in the Kew Bulletin, 1888, 
machines tried also at Paris under the auspices of the Société des 
Agriculteurs de France in September 1891. 
The following extracts are taken from the United States Report :— 
Macuines ENTERED. 
* The official trials of Ramie machines, under the auspices of the office 
of fibre investigations of the U.S. Department of A src ch set for 
the last week in September at Audubon Park, New Orleans, came off on 
the 30th of ots, emer and included trials upon jute stalks as all as 

nited States rhet em of culture. Division of Statisties. New 
vernment 
LERRA mber and ber 1892. Washington Gove 

