JAMAICA 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BOTANICAL department. 



Vol. IX. MARCH, 1902. Part 3. 



REPORT TO THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE gBY 



THE CHEMIST. 



Government Laboratory, 

 Kingston, Jamaica, 13th Januarr, 1902. 

 Man u rial Experiments during Quarter ending Dec. 31st. 

 The beginning of October last saw the following Experiments^ac- 

 tually started, manures applied and samples of soil taken for analysis. 



Rowington, Yere, L. Isaacs, Esqr. 

 Huntley, H. Q. Levy, Esqr. 

 Gregory Park, United Fruit Co. 

 Coffee — Brokenhurst, W. W. Wynne, Esqr. 



Chesterfield. C. E. DeMercado, Esqr. 

 Chester Yale, R. Sidgwick, Esqr. 

 Bananas — Llanrumney, Messrs. Kerr & Co. 

 Burlington, Hon. H. Cork! 

 Koningsberg, Hon. Dr. Pringle. 

 Rodens, R. Hay, Esqr. 

 Lawrencefield, A. Clodd, Esqr. 

 Quebec, Hon R P. Simmonds. 

 Brown's Town, H. Q. Levy, Esqr. 

 The Burlington Experiments were spoilt by floods and are to be re* 

 peated on a fresh plantation. 



Mr. Hay reports marked results at Rodens. 

 The Pines at Billy Dun also show decided results. 

 Tobacco — The Montpelier Experiments are postponed [for a year. 

 Our analysis of the soil and ihree stages of subsoil, sampled with ex- 

 treme care by the Montpelier authorities showed that the land was 

 badly drained &nd deficient in available phosphates. I advised not 

 planting Tobacco until this had been remedied. It is most regrettable 

 that so many thousands of pounds should have been wasted owing t > 

 a primary agricultural -necessity which was ignored, viz., drainage. 



