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Should fungi appear or worms get in, it is well to prick out sound patches of the prothalli at once 

 into other pans prepared as already indicated ; with care this can be done at any stage of development. 



In selecting spores for sowing not only should tho best varieties be selected, but also the best and 

 most characteristic portions of the fronds should be sown from. Thus if a good crested form is in ques- 

 tion, and heavier cresting aimed at, the spores should be taken from the heaviest crest itself if possible 

 Some very fine and constant forms have been raised from spores taken from plants which only showed 

 a trace of variation in one small subdivision of a frond, the spores upon which produced plants so cha- 

 racterised throughout. — Gardener's Chronicle. 



TREES FOE CULTIVATION. 



Seedling, Timber and Ornamental Trees available for distribution at the Nurseries, Cinchona. 

 The Yellow Cypress of N. W. America and California {Thuja gigantea) is a good timber tree, 

 suitable for building purposes. The wood is bright yellow, and fine grained. The inner bark is soft 

 and pliable and useful for making mats, sails, ropes, &c. This graceful tree generally grows from 50 

 to 70 feet in height, and in favourable situations attains 200 feet. It will probably do well on the hills 

 in Jamaica. Although called a Cypress, it is in fact an Arbor- Vitae. 



Lawson's Cypress (Thuja Lawsoniana B. & II.) is described by Murray as the handsomest tree 

 seen by him in his expedition in N. America, the habit being most graceful, with the branches at first 

 curved upwards, as m the Spruce, and towards the ends hanging down like an Ostrich feather ; the 

 leading shools when young, droop like those of the Deodar. The tree attains a height of 100 feet, and 

 a diameter of 2 feet. The timber is good, easily worked, with a strong odour. Murray described it as a 

 true Cypress. (Cupressus Laivsoniana, Murr ) 



The Chinese Arbor-Vitae (Ihuja oriental-is, L.) is a native of China and Japan.. The name 

 Arbor- Vitae is derived from the Chinese and Japanese names for the plant. In China it is known as 

 "Hak," everlasting life, and in Japan as " Hiba," tree of life, so called, from the evergreen nature of 

 the shrub. 



The Large Fruited Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa, Hartw.) is one of the finest of the true 

 Cypresses. It is a native of Upper California where Hartweg discovered it, growing to a height of GO 

 feet, with a trunk 3 feet in diameter. It resembles in habit a Cedar of Lebanon, having a far spreading, 

 flat top. 



Another beautiful Californian Cypress (Cupressus Goveniana, Gord.) also discovered by Haitweg 

 is much smaller, growing only to a height of from 6 to 16 feet. It is very ornamented with spreading 

 slender branches. 



The Horizontal Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens, L. var. horizontalis) is only a variety of the 

 common Cypress of South Europe and is so named from its horizontal spreading branches. 



The above plants are on sale at Id. each or 7s. 6d. per 100. 



Free Distribution of Acorns and Seedling Oaks, (Quercus Robur.) 



In 18S5, Mr. Morris obtained a barrel of acorns from the Royal Gardens, Kew, which have done 

 well in the nurseries at Cinchona, and there are now some hundreds of plants available for free distri- 

 bution. Carriage of plants must be paid for. Another barrel has lately arrived from Kew and Acorns 

 will be be sent free by Post to those who make application for them. The bags should be returned. 

 There is also a limited number of plants of the Turkey Oak (Quercus Cerris) available. Both these spe- 

 cies of Oak are likely to do well on the hills, and would be an important addition to our supply of 

 timber. There is a fine tree at Whitfield Hall, the property of DeB. Spencer Heaven, Esq. 



/-\ G. — SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTATION LAW. 



H. W. Norman. 



By His Excellency Sir Henry Wylie Norman, General of Her Majesty's Forces, Knight 

 Grand Cross of the Most Honoruble Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of the Most 

 Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Eminent 

 Order of the Indian Empire, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Island 

 of Jamaica and its Dependencies. 



PROCLAMATION. 



IN virtue of the power vested in me in that behalf by the First Section of Law 4 of 1884, entitled 

 " The Seeds and Plants Importation Law, 1884," I do hereby prohibit, until further Proclamation, 

 the importation into this island of Seeds or Plants, or any description of earth or soil or any article 

 packed therewith, that may have come either directly or indirectly from any of the following Countries : 

 Natal, South India, Ceylon, Mauritius, Java, and Figi. 



Given under my Hand and the Broad Seal of this Island, at King's House, this Second day of 

 December, in the Fifty-first Year of Her Majesty's Reign, Annoque Domini, 1887. 



By Command, 



J. Allwood, Acting Colonial Secretary. 



