2. There is apparently very little reliable information obtainable 

 2gard to the age at which thoe plants (lower. In fact in the vvholt 

 lie literature of the subject the references are very few ami the hmgn 



brief summary of what has been recently published, and it may 

 ossible to draw some general <■ inclusions from the facts therein stal 



'.]. The observations in regard to the Sacqui of Yucatan do not, i 

 rue, bear directly upon the subject. But as the Yaxci or Bahai 



iffer in any marked degree from that plant. The length of time t 

 lapses previous to flowering in Agave plants may in some degree 

 ffeetod by soil and climate, but as a general process of growth i 

 ilh plants cultivated normally over a large area the experience 

 'ucatan may not be far from what will ultimately obtain in 



4, The latest information from Yucatan is furnished bv Mr. Piet 

 le Vice-Consul at Merida. lie states that "a Hemp plantation 



Yucatan lasts ioi -on, 15 y< .rs Inis is not conclusive > . _. 



laces are so tilled up from time to time by new plants that the wh 

 udertakiug receives no serious check up to about the fifteenth year. 



5. It appears to be recognised in Yucatan as the result of experie 

 without apparently auy reference to the determining causes) t 

 oling is encouraged among.-t these plants if the leaves are left un 



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sarv for supplying 

 into nurseries and 

 ;allv and thrown 



7. Mr. Stoddart, it is noticed, i •'•cords that the Y"u 

 very particular when cutting the leaves to cut them as 



the Bahamas 



