New Series.] AUGUST & SEPTEMBER, 1894. p a J s °g & 9 



BULLETIN 



OP THE 



BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT, JAMAICA. 



Published by the Department of Public Gardens and 



Plantaiiaris. 



Edited by the Director, 



WILLIAM FAWCETT, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



CONTEXTS: 



Shipping Bananas and Pine Apples - page 121 



Todd's Machine for Sisal Hemp - 121 



Treatment of Diseased Sugar Canes - 123 



Insect Pests - 126 



Onion Cultivation in Egypt - 131 



Forestry - 133 



Agricultural Products of Nicaragua - 138 



Forestry by Professor Balfour 140 



Contributions to the Department - 158 



PRIC E—Fourpence. 



A Copy will be supplied free to any Resident in Jamaica, who will send Name and 

 Address to the Director of Public Gardens and Plantations, Gordon Town P.O. 



KINGSTON. JAMAICA. 



Government Printing Office, 79 Duke Street 



1894. 



