Vol vn 



Few Series Blarcli, April, May, 1900 Parts ni-Y 



BULLETIN 



OF THB 



BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA. 



SDITBD BY 



WILLIAM FAWCETT, B.Sc, F Ub. 



Director of Public Gardens and Plantations. 



CONTENTS : 



Pag« 



Teaching Agricultural Principles in Schools ... 33 



Ensilage without Pressure ... ... ... 35 



Diseases of Trees ... ;.. ... 37 



Japan Wax and Varnish ... ... ... 37 



The Prospects of Cinchona ... ... 39 



Fertilisers for Pine-Apples ... ... 39 



Vanilla ... ... ... 45 



The Parasitic Enemies of Cultivated Plants ... 52 



Nature Knowledge Teaching ... ... 59 



Rice Culture in the United States ... ... 60 



Additions and Contributions to the Department 75 



P R I C E— Ninepence, 



I A. Copy will be lupplied free to any Resident in J amaica, who will senA Name aud l^ddress 

 to the Director of Pablic Gardens and Plautationa, Kingston, P. 0. 



ASTON W. GARDNER. & CO., 

 Printers, Publishers, Bookbinders, &c., 



1900. 



