New Series.j 



MARCH, 1897. 



Vol. IV . 

 Part 3. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT. JAMAICA. 



EDITED BY 



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



Director of Public Gardens and Plantations. 



CONTENTS: 



Manures and Oranges - 



- Page 49 



Manures and Coffee 



57 



Report on Sugar Canes 



58 



Soil Ferments important in Agriculture 



60 



Notes on Plants in Castleton Gardens 



64 



Grass-Firing - 



65 



Rules as to sale of Government Lands 



66 



Collecting Juice of Papaw 



68 



Ferns — Synoptical List XLY 



68 



Castleton Gardens - 



70 



Contiibutions to the Department 



72 



PRIC E- Threepence. 



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. 



KINUSTON, JAMAICA: 

 Government Printing Office, 70 Duke Street. 



1897. 



