35t 
not  asked  for  at  the  grocers  by  those  fond  of  a good  cup  of  coffee. 
The  preparation  of  a really  good  cup  of  coffee  is  almost  an  un- 
known art  in  England.  The  introduction  of  East  Indian  sorts  to 
the  public  would  perhaps  insure  the  saving  of  the  East  Indian 
Coffee  culture,  and  the  obtaining  of  a really  good  cup  of  coffee  in 
England. — //.  C.  Mail. 
MANURING  PARA  RUBBER. 
Early  in  this  year  some  experiments  in  the  value  of  different 
kinds  of  manure  on  Para  rubber  seedlings  were  made  in  the  Botanic 
Gardens.  Six  beds  were  dug  in  good  low’  lying  soil,  and  planted 
with  seedlings,  all  approximately  of  the  same  age  and  size.  One 
bed  was  not  manured  in  any  way,  but  it  should  be  mentioned  that 
later  it  was  found  that  an  old  building  of  some  kind  had  been  on 
the  ground  and  that  there  was  a certain  amount  of  mortar  broken 
up  in  the  soil. 
The  other  beds  were  manured  respectively  with  Poudrette,  from 
the  night  soil  works  ; Lime  ; a mixture  of  burnt  earth  and  decayed 
leaves;  burnt  earth  only  and  cow^-dung.  The  young  trees  were 
measured  on  October  20th,  and  the  following  table  show’s  the  result 
in  grow'th. 
It  w'ill  be  seen  that  in  the  bed  manured  with  cowdung  the  plants 
made  by  far  the  most  rapid  growth  and  this  was  found  also  to  be 
the  case  in  previous  experiments  wdth  plants  in  pots.  Burnt  earth 
alone  was  a little  better  than  w’hen  mixed  with  leaf  mould.  Lime 
appears  to  be  far  from  beneficial,  the  plants  not  only  made  but 
little  growth  but  have  a somewhat  sickly  appearance.  Poudrette 
which  suits  certain  plants  very  well,  especially  roses,  seems  to  have 
been  of  no  u.-e  to  the  Para-rubber  trees.  It  w^ould  probably  not  be 
within  the  bounds  of  practical  agriculture  for  planters  to  manure  all 
their  trees  with  cow’dung,  but  it  might  be  very  beneficial  to  supply 
it,  w'here  possible,  to  the  nursery  beds  with  a view  of  increasing 
the  growth  and  strength  of  the  young  plants  before  planting  out. 
Tut:  EFFECT  OF  FERTILISERS  ON  PAR.\  RUBBER  TrEES 
IN  THE  Nursery. 
No.  of 
Maximum 
Minimum 
A 
verage 
• 
trees. 
height. 
heig 
ht. 
height. 
ft. 
in. 
tt. 
in. 
ft. 
in. 
Ordinary  soil 
••  31 
3 
I 
I 
0 
2 
o.l 
Poudrette 
32 
4 
4 
I 
0 
2 
5^ 
Lime 
..  33 
4 
7 
I 
7 
2 
9h 
Burnt  earth') 
and  leaves  j 
..  24 
6 
0 
2 
3 
3 
8i 
Burnt  earth 
..  24 
5 
8 
5 
2 
0 
3 
10 
Cowdung 
..  30 
0 
3 
0 
4 
9 
Editor 
