125 
Botanical — t, Jamaica,—The late Governor of the Colon 
took occasion to give emphatic testimony to the value of the work done 
by the Department of Publie Gardens and P'otstipns 5 
Extract from a PAPER g His Excellency - A Sir H.. W. Norma 
G.C.B., G.C.M.G., &c., read before the AUSTRALASIAN DROGo 
for the ADVANCEMENT of SCIENCE, at Brisbane, | Queensland, 
January, 1895. 
A West Inpa Istanp [Jamarca]. 
I must not omit to mention that there is a botanical department in 
the iind. with large gardens and plantations at different elevations, 
where muc experimental a on is carried on. It is, no doubt, 
greatly owing to the exertions of this department that the fruit trade 
has become so a 7 and keii n now seems a prospect of tea being 
grown in some quantity. The cultivation of cinchona, which was com- 
menced with some spirit several years ago, has not been so successful as 
, no doubt, has been in some measure due to the 
. It is interesting to note that nearly all the valuable indi and. plants 
— whieh now | € in Jamaica have been brought from other parts of 
the Mery The sugar-cane, coffee, the logwood, the mango, the nut- 
meg, the bamboo, and many others have all been imported, as well as 
the guinea-grass, which enables large quantites of good cattle and horses 
to be raised and nourished. (Report, p. 481). 
Trinidad Vanilla, —A sample of Vanilla grown and cured at. the 
Botanic Gardens, ‘Trinidad, was lately received from Mr. J. H. Hart, 
F.L.S., the Superintendent. The pods were produced by plants originally 
supplied from Kew, of what is known as the “ Sion House Mio M 
anilla planifolia, Andr. In the present instance the quality is n 
ie as might be desired; but now the right sort is established in rite 
island it might be worth while to carry on To Vico dM with the 
view of improving the quality of the produce: : 
Messrs. BUnGOYNE, BunsripGEs & Co. TO kori isnt You. 
12 and 16, Coleman Street, 
ndon, E.C. 
DEAR Sir, February 12, 1896. 
in receipt of your favour of the 8th instant enclosing 
a UM of Vanilla beans grown in Trinida 
e beans arè somewhat mixed in character, and do not appear to 
very well cured ; they are, however, fairly meaty, but their sc is 
coarse. "They would be worth nominally from 10s. to 11s. 
remain 
(Signed) H. Bo, 
J. ackson, Esq., 
Museum, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
Timber in Newfoundland.—The lumber industry has made extra- 
ordinary progress in Newfoundlandin the last five years, The followin 
u 93623. Cc 
