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South Sea Island arrowroot—is indigenous to the territory, and o 
ic. in the garden. Plants of it were distributed by ; de 
Gardens, Kew, nim o year o different Crown colonies as a 
"us desirable for introductio 
* Oil plants.—Sesamum, two varieties, as usual made satisfactory 
growth last season and is again doing as well. Pent uts.—An in 
area has been planted this season, and I have never noticed finer 
rowth. Two varieties are cultivated. Among other oil plants 
EN Md in the garden may be mentioned jatropha, behn, castor, 
chufa, 
pei as ts.—Sisal hemp.—Our plants have made satisfactory 
growth and ready Nt suckers. Owing to the representations 
of intending planters the Government undertook during the 
year to import a Misa of plants for sale, and these arrived on the 
18th of J anuary this year. Six thousand plants had been ordered from 
"when the plant dies; but recent developments in the Bahamas seem to 
show that there, at least, the plant flowers in seven years and dies, and 
this is considerably modifying the brilliant estimates made. Pita, or 
pineapple fibre.—In an offieial bulletin issued b; the s Gardens, 
Kew, it is aki that a et n pim le | the Straits 
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into England i is stated to be over 4,000,000/. sterling. ie "oe 
A fresh block has been planted with roots-of this plant, and mag- 
nificent growth has been made.  Bowstring hemps.—Three species 
i lanica and 
the following, proved deoii suited to t m ce viz., Manila Modo, 
‘of which a small block has been planted out; 50,000 tons of this fibre 
are otii exported from the Philippine y Pet Deccan hemp, 
Abroma, Mauritius hemp 
Citronella grass iene eom oil).—The plants put out to cover 
a large vacant block of ground on the slope on the hill look a picture 
of luxurianee without having hte any attention whatever, and so 
strong is the growth that not a weed is to be seen below the lines. 
