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compelled, shipments should never be made in cherry, as this species, even under favourable circum- 

 stances, is most difficult to work. 



That the business has developed so largely since we commenced operations in 1884, appears to us 

 conclusive proof that many planters are fully alive to the benefits to be derived by the adoption of this 

 method for marketing their crops, and we therefore trust these remarks may be of special interest to 

 those who are at present unaware of the facilities to be now obtained in London, and who have not 

 suitable machinery on their estates for cleaning the coffee themselves. 



Majok & Field. 



CHUTNEY. 



Large quantities of Chutney are imported into America from India, although it could readily be 

 supplied from Jamaica, affording employment to a number of people, and utilising much material 

 which now goes to waste. 



The foUowing recipe has been kindly forwarded by a correspondent : — 

 31bs. Common Mangoes (turned but not ripe.) 

 3 " Tamarinds. 



2 " Eaisins (weighed after stoning). 

 8 " Brown Sugar. 



1 " ChiUies.^ 



2 " Gbeen GKnger. 



I " Q-arlic or \\Vo. Onions. 



Joz. Mace. 



1 " Mustard Seed. 



I " Cloves. 



\ " Pimento. 



|lb. Table Salt. 



Soak the Tamarinds in two quarts of the best Vinegar, stir them about with a wooden spoon to get the 

 pulp off, take out the seeds and the leathery part in which they are enclosed. Cut the raisins small. Peel 

 the Ginger and grate it. Pound the Chillies, Grarlic, and Mustard Seed in a mortar, using a little of the 

 Vinegar to moisten. Mix all together thoroughly, it is then ready for use. 



LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF JAMAICA. 



A List of the Flowering Plants, which are either natives of Jamaica or have become naturalised, 



is now ready, nnrl n ropy will hp supplier! free to rooidorito in Jamaica -wlao may apply for one to tlie 



Director of Public Grardens and Plantations, Gordon Town P.O. Other copies will be supplied post 

 free at the rate of 6d. each. 



The List contains the scientific names only, arranged systematically in Natural Orders. The fol- 

 lowing is taken from the Preface : — 



" To those engaged in the study of the Jamaica Flora, it is useful to have a simple list of the 

 plants arranged in systematic order. 



" The basis of this list is Grisebach's ' Flora of the British West Indian Islands' published in 

 1864. Since that time the monumental work of Bentham and Hooker, the ' Genera plantarum,' (A.D. 

 1862-1883) has been completed, which renders necessary a revision of the names used by Grisebach. 

 Reference has been made to many other works, amongst which may be mentioned the later volumes of 

 DeCandolle's ' Prodromus' and ' Monographise Phanerogamarum.' But with a very small botanical 

 library at hand it has not been possible to consult all the works necessarj\ The list might have been 

 increased by additional names, if opportunity had been afforded for consulting the Herbaria of the Bri- 

 tish Museum and the Eoyal Gardens, Kew. 



" To facilitate reference to Grisebach's Flora, still the standard work, the page on which the plant 

 is described is placed after the name, and where the name has been altered, Grisebach's name is indi- 

 cated in brackets. 



" The plants that are not considered indigenous, but have in one way or another been introduced, 

 and have become naturalised, are marked by an asterisk before the name." 



FERNS: SYNOPTICAL LIST.— XXI. 



Synoptical List, tfith descriptions, of the Ferns and Fern-Allies of Jamaica, by G. S. Jenman, Superin- 

 tendent, Botanical Gardens, Demerara, (continued from Bulletin No 4-^.) 



2. Aspleninm pimilum, Swartz. — Rootstock small, fibrous, erect ; stipites tufted, slender, 2-4in. 1. 

 glabrescent or ciliate, dark at the base; fronds usually tripartite, subdeltoid, l-3in. 1., nearly as w., the 

 central division often distant from the two lateral and unusually larger, each subentire or broadly 

 lobed, or the central pinnatifid, tripartite, or fully pinnate, blunt or acute-pointed, the lobes rounded, 

 entire or incised and dentate, softly herbaceous, glabrescent or pubescent, light green ; a central vein 

 in each division or lobe, with very oblique branches once or twice forked ; sori copious, linear, straight, 

 l-61i. 1. not reaching the margin ; involucres narrow, silvery, ciliate, or not, even-edged. — PI. Fil. t. 

 66, A. 



Frequent on half-exposed banks and rocks from 2,000-4,000 ft. alt, gathered plentifully on the 

 Yallahs river at the latter elevation. In the smallest state the fronds are simply trilobed and not 

 over ^ in. diameter, the divisions blunt and entire ; in the larger they are tripartite and in the largest 

 uniformly pinnatiform, the lobes acute or acuminate, inciso-lobate and serrulate-margined. This is 

 a singularly distinct type, with no near local ally 



