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will thus naturally prove a source of attraction to an important section 
ily h of a 
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and roads was prepared, also the position of the office, tool-s 
nurseries and experimental plots. The great point is to secure adequate 
shelter from prevailing winds. The next is to secure an unfailing 
water supply distributed over the whole surface. And lastly, advantage 
эе taken of the good soil in the hollow to lay out there the 
nursery beds and experimental plots. The other portion of the land 
could be laid down in grass and shaded with trees. 
As regards the experimental plots, taking into account the fact that 
the ра industry of the island is sugar, and that the planters are 
very a s to increase the yield per acre, the Curator might carry on 
investigations in regard to sugar canes on the following lines : —(1) the 
manures on sugar canes in increasing the yield of sugar, (3) raising 
new varieties of the йб: СА | m 2, and (4) observations on plants 
and on insects injurious to the r-can 
he work of the Botanical Station at Barbados might usefully be 
followed i in this respect at St. Kitts; and if an agricultural chemist 
at hand, where facilities are available for crushing the canes and 
obtaining results on a larger scale, The other experimental plots might 
be devoted to the growth of Peyptian орно tobacco, vanilla, trees 
yielding tiling substanees, fibre plants, t trees, cacao, Arabian 
coffee, Liberian coffee, bd bois ut is desirable, to save expense, 
only a a i few plots be worked a The nurseries should, however, 
contain a good supply of an plants likely to thrive in the island, еа 
pesi nell of each should be ablished on the station land, 
cultivated according to the best ооо adopted in other anita 
Some of the indigenous plants of St. Kitts are very interesting. All 
likely to thrive in the lowlands should be established at the Botanical 
Station, and the Curator might be encouraged to make collections both 
of living and dried plants illustrative of the flora of the island. For 
this purpose he should be provided with a horse and a “ modified h 
allowance.” 
The Botanic Station at St. Kitts will probably be found unable to 
meet satisfactorily the requirements of the island of Nevis. A plant 
depot, or possibly another station, n. eventu ne = ae there. Nevis 
is essentially an island of small s в, and these people are likely, if 
encou , to take up the ativan of fruit dod еы, and supply 
rd Islands and New York. For the present the Curator might 
visit Nevis at certain intervals, and make himself cos acquainted 
with its circumstances and requirements. He will then be in a position 
to judge exactly whether these latter can be met from the St. Kitts 
Station or not. 
This evening, at кы request of the Governor, I embarked with him 
on board H.M.S, “ Partridge ” (Lieut.-Commander Noel, R.N.) for the 
