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Bananas and Plantains. — A piece of ground alongside the stream o£ 

 waste water has been planted with various kinds of Bananas and 

 Plantains, the local names are : — 

 Banana, Martinique. 

 China. 

 " . Fig. 

 Plantain, Mocha. 

 " Horse. 

 " Maiden. 



It is intended to form a collection of bananas. The bananas have 

 not yet fruited, in fact very little water can be spared from the canes 

 and cacao plants and this year the supply of waste water has been much 

 less than last year. 



Mediterranean Section. — In this section three or four chains of land 

 have been levelled and planted with Bahama grass and some plants of 

 Nerium Oleander and Ceratonia siliqua planted. 



Pipes. — One thousand feet of one inch galvanized iron pipes have 

 been laid down chiefly in the rose garden and nursery for the purpose 

 of affording greater facilities for watering and to prevent the use of 

 long lengths of hose. 



Economic Plants. — The economic plants along the stream, the list of 

 which was published last year, have not done so well this year, as the 

 supply of waste water from the Water Works was much less than last 

 year. 



It is very important that a few well grown cocoa trees, Liberian 

 coffee, etc., should be grown at Hope, so as to be able to show what can 

 be done by irrigation and also to teach the boys of the Industrial School 

 the work of pruning, etc. 



Mangoes. — Attention continues to be paid to grafting East Indian 

 mangoes, so that people may be able to plant these instead of growing 

 the common worthless varieties or the unreliable East Indian seedlings. 



Budded Oranges. — Of the oranges budded on the lime stock three 

 plants have growths from two to three feet long. A large quantity of 

 other stocks are being prepared for extending the experiments, not 

 only in budding but in grafting oranges. 



Seedling Sugar-canes. — The seedling sugar-canes received from 

 Demerara, the list of which was published in the February Bulletin, 

 have thriven well. 



Fences. — A length of eighty chains of fence has been thoroughly 

 repaired during the year. The fences round the inner part of the garden 

 are in good repair, but those around the outer part and on the lines, 

 between the gardens and the small settlers require repairs. 



Land in Preparation. — Two and a half acres of land in the African 

 and Mediterranean Section have been cleaned, ploughed and harrowed 

 preparatory to putting it into Bahama grass. Hitherto the work of 

 ploughing up the land, levelling, etc., has all been done by pick-axe, 

 rakes and other hand implements, but this year we have purchased 

 two ploughs, a large au d small sized one, and a Scotch harrow. By the 

 use of these implements great economy is effected and the work will 

 be more quickly done. The cost of ploughing land with pick-axe is 

 £4 per acre ; but with two mules and plough, it costs 12/6 exclusive of 

 cost of mules and plough. The mules have never done such work 



