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The leaves are gathered in districts of the Mediterranean where there 

 are large plantations of Citrons. Citrons are generally grafted on to 

 orange-stocks (seedling orange- trees), and these stocks during the sum- 

 mer put forth shoots which are allowed to attain the length of a few 

 feet ; they are then pruned off, tied up in bundles, and sent to the dis- 

 tiller. The strongest shoots are frequently reserved to make walking 

 sticks. 



In Montserrat there are very extensive plantations of the West 

 Indian Lime belonging to a Company formed for the main purpose of 

 extracting lime-juice from the fruit. But a very fine essential oil is 

 also obtained from the peel by the ecuelle process, a " neroli" from the 

 flowers, and a " petit-grain" oil from the leaves and young twigs by 

 distillation. 



NOTES ON THE CULTIVATION OF CHOCOLATE, 

 OR COCOA, FOR SMALL SETTLERS. 



By W. Cradwick, Superintendent of Hope Gardens. 



Soil. — Land to plant Cocoa on should be rich and good. If the soil 

 is very wet and clayey it must be drained, as Cocoa will not grow in 

 sour land. If the land is almost flat, the drains can be made straight 

 down the slope so as to carry off the water as quickly as possible. If 

 the land is steep the drains should be made across the slope of the land 

 to stop the wash which carries away the soil. 



Best Kinds.— The long wrinkled yellow or red pods should always be 

 grown. A tree of the little round smooth kind takes up as much room 

 as the best variety ; but the pods do not hold many seeds, and the seeds 

 are much smaller, and therefore the crop is not so heavy. 



Selecting seeds. — The large ripe pods should be cut for seeds from 

 the main stem of the tree, and only from a tree that always bears well ; 

 then pick out the largest seeds as they always make the strongest plants. 



Raising young plants. — Unless great care is taken with young plants, 

 it is better to sow the seeds where the plants are to remain, putting 

 only one seed in each hole. When two or three seeds are put in close 

 together and all left to grow, the plants never thrive, because they 

 crowd one another. Few seeds fail to grow, and if a seed does fail it is 

 easy to supply them Take care not to put the seeds too deeply into 

 the ground ; if they are covered to the depth of an inch that will be 

 sufficient. 



Planting between other crops. — It is necessary that some kind of crop 

 be on the land where Cocoa is to be planted, to provide shade for the 

 young plants. 



We will first take land which has already been planted with bananas. 

 If the bananas have been thoroughly cultivated with the fork and are 

 growing well, the land will need little further preparation before plant- 

 ing with Cocoa. A circle in the centre of the space between every four 

 roots of bananas should be thoroughly turned up with a fork. In the 

 centre of this prepared circle the seed or the young plant whichever it 

 is decided to plant, should be placed. 



If Cocoa is to be planted between yams, and a second crop of yam is 

 desired from the same piece of land, then the seed or young plant should 

 be planted at the base of a yam hill that the roots may freely push their 



