JAMAICA . 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT. 



New Series.] JUNE, 1901. 



PUPIL-APPRENTICES AT HOPE GARDENS. 



Young men in limited numbers are allowed the privilege at Hope 

 Gardens of receiving training in the elementary principles and the 

 practice of agriculture. 



They are not bound as apprentices, as it is found more oonveuient 

 for purposes of discipline to engage them as labourers at the rate of 

 3/ per week for the first year, 4/ per week for the sec >nd year and 6/ 

 per week for the third year. After three years employment can 

 generally be found for them with planters, if they have proved in- 

 dustrious and capable. 



Each apprentice has to make his own arrangements about board and 

 lodging. A few rooms are provided in the gardens, where some of the 

 apprentices are housed. This is a privilege, however, which cannot be 

 claimed by any, but it is offered when vacancies occur, in the first 

 instance, to apprentices whose friends live at a distance, and only so 

 long as they give entire satisfaction. 



Apprentices are required to work exactly in the same way as garden 

 labourers, and to do anything and everything they are told in connec- 

 tion with the work carried on. No guarantee is given that they will 

 be specially trained in any particular branch of the work, but they will 

 be given opportunities to aoquire a general knowledge of the follow- 

 ing 



1. Cocoa. Kaising seedlings, potting, planting, pruning and train- 

 ing, curing. 



2. Citrus, Raising stocks, budding, planting out, insecticides and 

 their application, and general care of tree. 



3. Grape Vines. Pruning and general care of vines. 



4. Pines. Planting and general care. 



5. Nutmegs. Raising stocks, grafting, planting out. 



6. Tobacco. Raising seedlings, planting out, cultivation, cutting, 

 and curing. 



7. Propagation of plants generally, potting, watering and the 

 details of nursery work. 



Apprentices are also allowed to attend the demonstrations given foi 



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