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who obtains plants and grows them, from the sugar planter who makes 

 trial of different varieties of cane, to the small settler who grows a nut- 

 meg plant, is making experiments which are of direct benefit to him- 

 self, and indirectly to his neighbours and to the District. 



"Parochial or other local associations can do a great deal to help the 

 work by meeting periodically to discuss all matters connected with 

 agriculture. The sympathy felt between those engaged in kindred pur- 

 suits, the feeling of rivalry aroused to attain better results, the mutual 

 aid obtained by interchanging ideas, are all most valuable in the im- 

 provement of agriculture He who undertakes the laborious task of 

 starting such an association in his own district, though he may find few 

 at first to join him, yet by perseverance, with even only one or two sym- 

 pathizers will eventually meet with his reward. Such an association 

 and this Department can render mutual assistance to each other in many 

 ways, with results that will be of general benefit to the whole Island." 



The average number of plants distributed annually (exclusive of 

 Cinchona plants) during the previous 12 1 years was 17,600, during 

 the year ended March 1892 the number was about 40,000 ; and during 

 the past year the number was 64,518, besides seeds which would pro- 

 duce as many more plants. This increase is satisfactory, considering 

 the grave difficulties that exists in sending plants all over the country. 

 I hope that when the Agricultural Society has started branches in 

 the different parishes as foreshadowed in the last paragraph quoted 

 above, it may be possible to arrange that these local associations shall 

 become depots for the reception of plants and centres of distribution 

 into the surrounding districts. Such a system will facilitate the dis- 

 tribution of plants on a very much increased scale. 



Plants have been sent abroad to : — 



Kew Gardens, Botanic Gardens Demerara and Trinidad, Judge 

 Nathan, {Trinidad) J. Beach and T. L. Mead, {Florida.) Hon. E. Par- 

 sons, {Cayman Islands) Col Cauldfield {for Sierra Leone.) 



Seeds have been distributed to Botanic Gardens in the following 

 places : — 



Europe. Br itish Isles, Kew ;* Turkey, Constantinople. 



Asia. India : — Seebpore, Calcutta, Saharanpur, Mungpoo, Darjeel- 

 ing, Lucknow, Cawnpur, Bangalore, Poona, Madras, Bombay; 

 Ceylon ; IStraits Settlements ; Song Kong. 



Australasia. Australia : — Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Rock- 

 hampton, Adelaide ; Tasmania ; New Zealand : — Dunedin, Wel- 

 lington, Invercargill, Napier. 



America. W. Indies : — Demerara, Trinidad, Grenada, Antigua, 

 Dominica, British Honduras ; Brazil : — Rio de Janeiro. 



Africa. Lagos, Gambia, Cape Colony, Mauritius. 



Also to Messrs. Beach, Reasoner, {Florida) Dammen and Co. {Italy) 

 Yilmorin-Andrieux, (France) Harvey, Franceschi {California) 

 Keppel, {Samoa) Caracciolo, Dihm {Trinidad), Elliott (Domi- 

 nica), Baron Sir F. Yon. Muller (Victoria). 



