J AMAICA. 



BULLETIN 



OF THR 



BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT. 









Vol, vn 



Mww Series 



February, *^ 



N9»> i^OO. 



Partll. 



RAMIE. 



The following correspondence has been received : — 



Commissioner, Imperial Dept. of A^ri., Barbados, to Director, 

 Public Gardens and Plantations, Jamaica. 



28th December, 1899. 



You may already have received a letter from Sir Frederick Abel 

 a copy of which is enclosed. 



It may be of interest to you to learn that a promising machine 

 invented by the International Fibre Syndicate " (28, Victoria Street, 

 Westminster S.W.) is now under trial in Dominica. I saw this machine 

 at work in London and I regard it as a distinct advance on any previous 

 machine. It has a continuous feed (that is there is no reversing neces- 

 sary) and the fibre is delivered on a long endless band almost free from 

 wood and bark. 



Sir F. Abel, Imperial Institute, to Imperial Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture for the West Indies. 



30th November, 1899. 



An offer has been made to me by a firm of Brokers of high stand- 

 ing for Rhea Ribbons (i.e., the bark and fibre as stripped from the 

 items) in any quantities that can be supplied. The price proposed to be 

 paid for it, is £15 per ton, the cost of freight and insurance being paid 

 to London. , 



I should be very glad if you could see your way to make thi« 

 known to any cultivators in the West Indies to whom you think the 

 otfer may be of use. 



