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distilled, ■ sweet-smelling oil is procured resembling in some slight 

 degree the fragrance of the rose, and hence its name. At one time, that 

 is, prior to the cultivation of the rose-leaf geranium, the distillate* from 

 rose-wood and from the root of the Genista eanarimns (Canary rose- 

 wood) were principally drawn for the adulteration of real otto of roses; 

 but as the geranium oil answers so much better, the oil of rhodium has 

 fallen into disuse, hence its comparative scarcity in the market at the 

 present day, though our grandfathers knew it well. One cwt. of wood 

 yields about three ounces of oil. 



"Ground rose- woo. I is valuable as a l.asis in the manufacture of sachet 

 powders for perfuming the wardrobe." 



CCCXI.— CACAO-GROWING IN GRENADA. 



(Theobroma Cacao, L.) 



Cacao-growing is the staple industry of the interesting island of 

 Grenada, and its prosperity during many years, when the other islands 

 in the "West Indies were in a depressed condition, was mainly due to 

 the successful cultivation of Cacao trees. The maintenance of this 

 industry is therefore a matter of great local concern. The present 

 Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands, Sir Walter Hely- 

 Hutchinson, K.C.M.G., has fully realised this fact, and he has been 

 most strenuous in his etf'orls to assist cultivation, and to encourage 

 every thing ca 1 < productiveness of the cacao estates. 



The Botanical Station established at Grenada has also been brought 

 into a vigorous state of efficiency, and it is now one of the most useful of 

 any. This institution issues regularly a Bulletin of Miscellaneous 

 Information, and in a recent number there are discussed several 

 interesting points connected with the cultivation of Cacao trees gathered 

 from the experience of a proprietor who has heen more than ordinarih 

 targe crops from a small area. 



After referring to the little attention hitherto paid in the island 

 generally to draining, manuring, and pruning on Cacao estates, Mr. 

 G. W. Smith, the intelligent curator of the Grenada Botanical Station, 



" It is pleasant to notice one of the few instances in our island of a 

 Cacao estate where, as the result of a careful system of draining and 

 manuring, the proprietor gets from only twelve acres of Cacao ; 



refer to 



many others roc- ■- that quantity, 



od by the [lev. G. 



• as dear as possible, 1 shall endeavour to adhere as 

 i to Mr. Branch's replies to my questions concerning the 

 estate. 



een owner of the property for over 20 years. Good Hope 

 es — eight acres of this are in canes and pasture. I esti- 

 ance occupy another two acres, 

 cannot be much over 12 acres. 



