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up, commenced to flower again in twenty seven days. The crop was cut 

 on a quarter of a chain and weighed giving 62 lbs. This would be an 

 average of 2,480 lbs., or more than a ton, to the acre. 



" Nursery.— A total of 56,086 plants have been distributed, and in addi- 

 tion about 3,000 Sugar Oane Tops representing 6,000 plants, five bushels of 

 Teak Seeds and 73 quarts of Liberian Coffee seeds. 



" The out-put of plants has almost doubled itself in two years and if 

 plants of Nutmeg, Kola, Oranges and Liberian Coffee had been equal to 

 the demand of this year, it would have more than done so. 



Plants distributed : — 

 Sold. 



Economic Plants :— 



Liberian coffee ... ... 11,982 



Sisal Hemp ... 7,30« 



Kola ... ... 3,(365 



Cocoa ... •»• 2,856 



Oranges ... ... 1,200 



Kamie ... ... 700 



Nutmegs ... 587 



Blue Mountain Coffee ... ... 268 



Kubber plants ... ... 102 



Miscellaneous ... ... 512 



Trees, (Timber, Shade and Fruit) ... 2,775 



31,953 



Ornamental plants ... ... 9,707 



Free Grants, 



Eucalypti ... ... 2,122 



Trees, (Timber, Shade and Fruit) ... 7,956 



Ornamental plants ... ... 4,358 



Number of economic plants distributed ... 42,021 



Number of ornamental plants distributed ... 14,065 



Total number of plants distributed ... 56,086 



" The stock of plants in the Nursery is now much below what it should 

 ^be, but we have about 30,000 of the Citrus family in the seed beds, about 

 the same quantity of Liberian Coffee, many Cocoa, Shade and Timber trees ; 

 large quantities of cuttings of all kinds are being put in and also quanti- 

 ties of seeds especially Eucalypti. I hope by strenuous exertions during 

 the next, few months to bring the Nursery up to a strength equal to the 

 increased demand which I think it is only reasonable to expect during the 

 . ensuing year, considering the way the demand has gone on increasing 

 during the past three years. 



Kamie. 



Experimental Plot No. 3. — " Five rows were planted 9 inches between 

 ^the rows, 9 inches between the plants in the rows, with an ample supply 

 of good cow manure. Two rows consisted of the white variety and three 

 rows of the green variety. The white variety was transplanted from 

 bamboo pots, the green variety was propagated from roots received from 

 Castleton. These were watered every other day for the first month, but 

 got no water during May, were watered on June 11, July 4th and August 

 :22nd. 



