New Series.] 



AUGUST, 1895. 



Vol. II. 

 Part 8. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA. 



EDITED BY 



WILLIAM FAWCETT, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



Director of Public Gardens and Plantations. 



CONTENTS: 



Rum Aroma - - 



Jamaica Yeast - - 



Colocynth - - 



Report on Tannin - - 

 Tillage of the Soil : its paramount importance 



Importance of Selection of Seed - 



Report on Sugar Cane Disease - 



Insects in Nutmegs - - 



Assimilation of Nitrogen by Plants - 



Contributions to the Department. - 



PEIC E— Threepence. 



A Copy will be supplied free to any Resident in Jamaica, who will send Name and 

 Address to the Director of Public Gardens and Plantations, Gordon Town P.O. 



KINGSTON, JAMAICA: 

 Government Printing Office, 79 Duke Street. 



1895. 



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