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and broke some which are springing again ; Poinciana and Guango, I 

 did not plant, many of the plants being about and in the Churchyard, 

 I had proper holes dug and filled in with earth, sand and cow dung be- 

 fore I put out plants ; I am going to put in some Crotons and Hibiscus 

 from the Bluefields garden. A want was felt as I did not know if 

 plants grew to tree size or shrubs and I am afraid in time some must be 

 cut out. For want of co-operation and interest cn the part of most of 

 the members of the Church, it will require steady perseverance to get 

 the plants established all over. 



APPENDIX IV. 



Reports on Onion Seed. 



Mr. W. Chisholm, Halfway-Tree. — The seeds I got from you were 

 divided in two lots ; the first was sown in September or October (I think 

 the latter month) but all the plants were destroyed by the very heavy 

 and constant rain we had last year. In November I put out the 

 balance of seeds and after the plants were about 6 inches high I trans- 

 planted every one with the result that the onions were quite a success 

 both in size and quality. We had onions of all sizes some measuring 

 over 11 inches in circumference and were praised by all who tasted 

 them. 



Mr. W. A. Sabonadiere, Cedar Valley. — The onion seed planted early 

 in 1894 did not come up very well, a few came in too quickly and none 

 were more than 2 or 3 ozs. in weight, in the autumn some were trans- 

 planted which are doing much better and will soon be fit for use. The 

 eed sown in December 1894, came up much better and the young 

 onions looked promising. Of those transplanted one onion just gathered 

 weighed 1 oz., and 6 one quarter of a pound. 



Mr. F. H. Barker, Retreat. — These seeds were sown on 11th Dec, 

 94, and grew very well and would have produced a good crop but for the 

 unusual dry weather since Deer., 1894. The crop has not yet been 

 taken out of the ground but there are some very good sized onions 

 among them. 



Mr. Alex. Hopwood, Brown's Town. — The crop of onions this year 

 is very poor, very small in size, and only fit for pickling. The seeds 

 were planted and treated the same as the previous lot, which yielded 

 onions up to fib each. Cannot account for the failure. The seeds 

 were sown a month earlier than the previous year, otherwise the cul- 

 tivation was the same. The seeds of the Indian Onion grew beautifully, 

 but the onion from them are very small. This description of onion 

 has never done well with me. 



Mr. Costa, Brown's Town. — The onion seed that you kindly sup- 

 plied last year have given a good return of onions and particularly 

 the red onions. I planted my onion seeds last year in Nov. and did 

 not transplant, the soil was ploughed up with a hoe, a small quantity 

 of manure added, and little furrows 1-| to 2 inches in depth made with, 

 the point of a stout stick into which the seeds were sown, soon as the 

 onions began to bulb they were moulded. From the results of my ex- 

 periments I conclude Octr. and Novr. are the only months in which it 

 is advisable to plant onions. For the past two years I have done so 

 well with fte small quantity of seed supplied me from the Gardens,, 

 that I am thinking of going in for the cultivation to some extent. 



