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botanical bulletins on the model of that issued from the Royal Gardens, 
Kew, the people would be instructed in the conditions and circumstances 
January 1887. A Bulletin of the Botanical Department, Jamaica, w 
started in April 1887, and a similar Bulletin of the Royal Ee des 
Gardens, цай, was also started іп April 1887. Since that time 
botanical bulletins have pe prepared in connexion with the Botanical 
Stations at Se d St. Vincent, and others are in course of prepara- 
tion. i many islands the Official Gazette is used for the publication of 
s reports and also of extracts from the Kew Bulletin bearing on 
hotanical pojecia of gr interest. ‘This plan is of great utility, especially 
where no newspapers exist, a it might very well be ex ео ied to every 
island, until it is found practicable to issue a regular bullet 
regards rip lin the Curators of the Hoenig re 
should keep in regular touch with the supervising officer, and dis 
with him all matters relating to the routine work of the TUB, as 
well as questions affecting the determination of species, and the sup- 
plies of seeds and plants. It is most important that all such matters 
should be well discussed and оные locally before they are officially 
referr dee ew. 
time for making botanical collections of dried plants. It would be well, 
however, for them to study the local flora and make themselves thoroughly 
acquainted with the indigenous plants possessing interest or of economic 
value. ey should collect and establish such plants in a living state 
in their gardens and utilise them for the purpose of making exchanges 
with kindred institutions in the West Indies and elsewhere, and 80 
enlarge their epus without incurring much expense in the purchase 
of seeds or plan 
The training ot young men as gardeners and the накр of 
practical information in regard to the propagation and cultivation of 
economic plants are most important functions of the Botanical "Stations, 
have already dwelt ш considerable length on this subject їп m 
public addresses, and orward to the Botanical Stations rong 
I was welcom y all classes of the community from the Governors 
downwards with such genuine goodwill and such hospitality that my 
visit, in spite of the necessarily continuous and ra apid travelling which 
t 
on me, le i 
To his Excellency Sir William F. Haynes Smith, K.C.M.G., ee 
of the Leeward Islands, and to his Excelleney t the Honourable Si- 
Walter Hely-Hutchinson, K.C.M.G., Governor-in-Chief of the Wind 
ward Islands, with whom 1 spent several weeks in close relation, to 
further the objects of my mission, my warmest thanks are especially due. 
D. Morris. 
Kew, April 20, 1891. 
