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from "De Indische Mercuur," in which the 

 chief conclusions of Dr. Treub, Director of the 

 Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg, Java, are : 



1. That the price obtained for nutmegs has been de> 

 clining, with large fluctuations, for many years. Dr. Treub 

 shows this by a series of tables, which give the prices ob- 

 tained in Amsterdam for 110's to U5's, in cents, for Banda 

 nutmegs, since 1898.— 2. It is difficult to trace the real 

 cause of the lower prices. It is not entirely due Co over- 

 production, as Dr. Treub shows by another series of tables, 

 giving the total export from the Dutch East Indies since. 

 1898.— 3. It is suggested that the fall in value is due to a 

 smallar demand, consequent on a decreased consumption 

 per capita.— 4. In considering any possible effects of in- 

 creased production, the exports from Java cannot have 

 had much influence on the result. This is shown by a 

 table compiled from the statistics of the Handelsvereeni. 

 ging (Commercial Society) of Batavia, Java, which shows 

 the share of that island in the total export from the Dutch 

 East Indies. — 5. As far as nutmeg paste is concerned, it 

 appears that this is only used in the drug-trade, and, to a 

 certain extent, in the manufacture of perfumery. It is not 

 likely that the fall in price of this, in harmony with that 

 of nutmegs, would lead to such an increased demand as to 

 react in the direction of raising the market value of 

 nutmegs.— 6. The field for nutmegs as a spice is much 

 larger than that as a material for the oil. Even if the 

 nutmeg paste could be used on a larger scale for manu- 

 facturing soap, the price paid would be too low to make 

 it profitable to grow nutmegs. 



In view of the fact that the demand for nutmegs 

 is not greater, and that there does not seem to 

 be any prospect of its increase, Dr. Treub re- 

 commends that growers in Java should not 

 enlarge the area under cultivation, but that 

 they should replace the plant by another crop 

 as soon as possible.— Chemist and Druggist, 

 Aug. 13. 



MANIHOT DICHOTOMA.' 



( To the Editor, Straits Bulletin.) 

 Sengat Estate, Ipoh, May 30th, 1910. 

 Dear Sir. — It is just a year since you kindly 

 sent me the seedlings of Manihot Dichotoma for 

 experimental purposes, and I think you would 

 be interested to know the results here. The 

 plants were 12 in number. Their respective 

 heights and girths are as follows ( 3 feet from 

 ground girth) : — 



ft. ins. ins. ft. ins' ins. 



1. 16 8 6 7. 10 6i 



2. 13 6 4 8, 13 9 



3. 13 H 9. 17 6 5? 



4. 14 6 5| >u. 12 3 7j 



5. 13 6 U. 14 3 7£ 



6. 14 6 Forked at 2 ft from ground 12. 14 5 

 Nos. 6, 10, 11. All commenced to branch 



rather earlier than the others, which accounts 

 for their greater girth, but none have branched 

 very long. All those that have branches have 

 had flowers but come to nothing. These trees 

 have rocei veil no manure, neither have they been 

 disturbed by tilling. They seem to be doing 

 better during the last six weeks when we have 

 hardly had any rain. They are inclined to be 

 top heavy, but as the branches all seem to run 

 up straight, close planting would obviate that. 

 The next few months should make a great 

 difference to their girth. — I remain, yours truly, 



W. H. Tyrden-Patterson, 



Curator, Botanical Gardens, Singapore, 

 —Straits Agricultural Bulletin for Aug' 



