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No. 31, May, 1892. — Diseased Banana plants, Coco-nut disease at Montego Bay, Parchment Cof- 

 fee, Nutmegs, Nutmegs in Banda, Experiments in the Cultivation of 

 Vegetables, Manufacture of Castor Oil, Logwood, Casuarina. 



No. 32, June, 1892. — Sisal Hemp, Professor Huxley on Agricultural Education, Preservation of 

 Potatoes, Yie d of I'otatoes, Onions, Ferns : Synoptical List IX. 



No. 33, July, 1892. — Drying Machine-s, Salsafy, Scorzonera, Potatoes, Botanical Grardens in Java, 

 Ferns : Synoptical List X. 



No. 34, August, 1892. — Experiments in the Cultivation of Vegetables, V., Cocoa at Hope Indus- 

 trial School, Ebony, Cotton, Nutmegs, Ferns: Synoptic il List XI. 



No, 35, September, 1892. — Fibre Industry of Yucatan, Disease in Sisal Hemp in Turks Island, A 

 Tree for Bee-Keepers, Ferns : Synoptical List, XII., Contributions to the 

 Library. 



No. 36, October, 1892. — Onion and Tobacco Seed for distribution. Eucalyptus, Concentrated Man- 

 grove Juice for Tanning, Verandah Gardening, Plants in Flower or Fruit 

 at Castleton Garden, Coccidae or Scale Insects, Ferns : Synoptical List, 

 XIII, Donations to the Department. 



No. 37, November, 1892. — The Bogardus Eccentric Mills, Garden Egg, Limes, The Peach, Pruning 

 of Deciduous Fruit Trees, Plants in Flower at Castleton Gardens, II, Do- 

 nations to the Departnaent. 



No. 38, December, 1892.— Experiments in the Cultivation of Vegetables, VI, Cultivation of Peas, 

 Instruction in the Culfivation of the Grape Vine, Plants in Flower at Cas- 

 tleton Garden, III, Ferns : Synoptical List, XIV, Contributions to the De- 

 partment, Index to Bulletins Nos. 1-38. 



No. 39, January, 1893. — Eeport of the Director of Public Gardens and Plantations for the year 

 ended 3l8t March, 1892. 



No. 40, February, 1893. — Experiments in the Cultivation of Vegetables, VII, Plants in the Pub- 

 lic Gardens, Eeport on Coffee Leaf Fungi, Eeport on Infected Sugar Canes, 

 Instruction in the Cultivation of the Grape Vine, Coccidse or Scale Insects, 

 II, Ferns : Synoptical List, XV, Contributions to the Department. 



No. 41, March, 1893. — Cocoa curing in Ceylon, Cocoa cured at Hope, II, Instruction in the Culti- 

 vation of the Grape Vine, III, Alfalfa or Lucerne, Improved Bee-keeping 

 for Small Settlers, Fern Synoptical List, XVI, Contributions to the De- 

 partment. 



The Bulletin is supplied free of cost to residents in the Island, and is a most useful means for the 

 dissemination of information. It is also sent in exchange for publications, acknowledged from time to 

 time in its pages, which are of great interest and value to the Department. 



The number of those in the Island to whom the Bulletin is sent is 675, the number abroad is 178. 



Library. 



The Library is gradually growing and so becomes more useful every year for the work of the' 

 Department. Books are as indispensible as tools are to a Carpenter, and the want of them has been 

 severely felt. A list of works added during the year is given in Appendix. 



Herbarium. 



In the last Eeport attention was called to the necessity of efl&cient assistance in the Herbarium. Ac- 

 plication has been made for a grant of funds for the purpose of securing it but it has not been acceded to. 

 Meantime the work of the Herbarium cannot be carried on as such an important branch of the Depart- 

 ment can claim. The Training Colleges and Schools are taking up the study of Botany and it should be 

 possible to help them by notes from the Herbarium on the Native plants. 1 o try to study Nature from 

 books alone is worse than useless. 



Hesides the educational importance of the Herbarium there is also the commercial side of a collection 

 of dried plants which was referred to more particularly in the last Annual Eeport. 



During the year I delivered 3 of the series of the Institute lectures on Agricultui'e ; viz. one intro- 

 ductory to the Series, and two on Plant Life. They were illustrated by Botanical Diagrams and Speci- 

 mens. 



The Director of the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, presented 729 specimens of dried plants, chiefly of "West 

 Indian species. 



Office Work, 



The Office Work is exceedingly heavy. Application has been made from time to time for extra 

 assistance but it has not yet been supplied. The consequence is that the work of the Department is 

 much hampc ed, and its usefulness cannot be extend d, although the Director has to work many hours 

 beyond the ordinary official hours. Even with a lai-gc amount of extra work, this report has been delayed 

 beyond the usual time of sending it in, unavoidably and very much to my regret. 



'1 he number of letters written during the year amounted to 3, 125 ; the number received to 2,839. This 

 is independent of letters attended to at the different Gardens. 



The following is a statement of the work which the Clerk has to occupy himself with : — 



( 1 . ) ( 'orrespondence : — 



Entering letters received, stating subject, date &c. 



