New Series 



SEPTEMBER, 1899, 



Vol, VI 

 Part IX 



BULLETIN 



OF THB 



BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA. 



BDITBD BY 



WILLIAM FAWCETT, B.Sc, F L.tv 



Director of Public Gardens and Plantations. 



CONTENTS : 



Page 



Cinchona : A Retrospect and a Prospect ... 129 



Distribution of Havana Tobacco Seed ... 130 

 Scale Insects : Remedial Measures and Insecticides. — II 131 



Seedless Grapes ... ... ... 139 



Public Gardens Regulation Law, 1899. ... 140 



Packing Pine Apple3 ... ... Ill 



Banana Trade in Nicaragua ... ... 142 



Additions and Contributions to the Department 142 



P R I C E— Threepence. 



A Oopy will be supplied free to any Resident in Jamaica, wno will send Name an* Address 

 to the Director of Public Gardens and Plantations, Kingston, P. O. 



ASTON W. GARDNER <fc CO., 

 Printers, Publishers, Bookbinders, &c, t 4ta.. 



1899. 



