May 1908.] 



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Miscellaneous. 



America. 

 Cultivation du caoutchouc au Costa 

 Rica. Rev. Cult. Col. VI. 1900, p. 

 216. 



Rubber planting: experiences in Ni- 

 caragua. "T.A." Sept. 1900, p. 177. 



Kautschuk Pflanzungen in Mexico. 

 Tropenpfl. 4, 1900, p. 82. 



Prospects for rubber planting in the 

 West Indies. Agr. News. 2. 6. 

 1906, p. 161. 



Rubber planting in the West Indies. 

 W. I. Bull. II. 100. 



Rubber plantation in Guatemala. 

 Str. Bull. 1902, p. 331. 



Working rubber estates on the Ama- 

 zon. Str. Bull. 1903, p. 99. 



A glimpse of rubber planting in 

 Costa Rica. I. R. World, Oct. 1905, 

 p. 5. 



Harris' notes on rubber-producing 

 plants. Jam. Bull. 1906, p. 241 . 



Rubber in Mexico. "T.A." Sept. 

 1907, p. 55. 



The rubber industry in Ecuador, do. 

 March 1907, p. 132. 



Rubber cultivation in Jamaica, Jam. 

 Bull., 1908, p. 12. 



Indiarubber cultivation in Brazil. 

 '■T.A.'' March 1908, p. 204 (from Tro- 

 penpfl. Dec. 1907.) 



NUWARA ELIYA AGRI-HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SHOW. 

 20th-21st April, 1908. 



Joined Report by Messrs. H. F. Mao 



MILLAN AND J. K. NOCK. 



Class l. Gardens.— The number of 

 entries (3) in this class was disappoint- 

 ing. It might be of advantage on future 

 occasions to extend the competition, 

 making gardens within a radius of four 

 or five miles of Nuwara Eliya eligible for 

 prizes. 



Mrs. W. O. Garth's gardeu was the 

 only one entered for the best cropped 

 and cultivated Market Garden in the 

 Nuwara Eliya Board limits. This, how- 

 ever, was not considered worthy of 

 the prize, apart from the fact that 

 there was no competitors against it; 

 only half the ground seemed to be cul- 



tivated. For the best private Flower 

 Garden there were two entries, Mrs. 

 Wickwar being awarded first prize for 

 a very pretty and well-kept garden, 

 and Mrs. F. C. Loos, Jnr., second prize, 

 for also a tasty and well-stocked garden. 



Class II. Garden Perennials grown 

 in Pots, &c.— Though this class did not 

 fill particularly well, the exhibits were 

 on the whole creditable, and better than 

 last year's. There was, however, nothing 

 of special merit. 



Class III. Garden Annuals grown 

 in Pots, &c. — Cinerarias and Petunias 

 were specially good, and the other few 

 exhibits shuvvn were an improvement 

 on last year's. 



Class IV. Ferns and Orchids grown 

 in Pots, &e-— The ferns were not so 

 good as they should have been, but Mr. 

 Baillie Hamilton's orchids were excel- 

 lent and showed the result of careful 

 cultivation. 



Class V. Cut Flowers.— This class 

 was, as usual, the feature of the show, 

 and considering the large amount of 

 rain that had fallen during the previous 

 two weeks the exhibits were very credit- 

 able. Roses made a fine display, but 

 were hardly as good as last year's. 

 Special mention should be made of 

 the following :— Miss Loos' Geraniums, 

 Antirrhinums and Poppies (single) ; Mr. 

 T, Farr's Marguerite Carnations ; Mr. N. 

 C. Rolfs Phlox, Cactus Dahlias, African 

 Marigolds, Callendulas, Dianthus, ("In- 

 dian Pinks") and general collections ; also 

 Mrs. Garth's well-staged eeneralcollection 

 of flowers ; Mr. K. Jackson's Tuberoses, 

 and Mr. Neil G. Campbell's Sweet 

 Peas. 



Mr. John Joseph won Messrs. Sutton 

 & Sons' prize (for a collection of 

 flowers grown from Sutton's seed) with 

 a well-grown collection. Much credit is 

 due to the Station Master, Ohiya, for 

 his fine exhibit of "Flowers, Flowering 

 Plants in pots, &c," which carried off 

 the 1st prize of Rs. 30 offered by the 

 Ceylon Government Railways. 



The Silver Cup for the "Best grown 

 and most meritorious Exhibit of any one 

 variety of Flower in the Show was 

 awarded to Mr. Neil G. Campbell for some 

 fine blooms of very large and beautiful 

 white rose (Frau Karl Druschki). 



The fruits, vegetables, and other classes 

 seemed to us reasonably good, though 

 probably not up to former records. We 

 leave these to be reported upon by 

 their respcetive judges. 



