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have blossomed a little, but many of them have been much troubled 

 with scale insects. The soil is only fair, but good holes were dug for 

 these plants, they were well manured, they are nicely shaded by bananas 

 and have been kept well watered. 



The small plantation of 137 Arabian Coffee shrubs, 18 months old, 

 has done well. The majority of them have reached a height of 5 feet 

 at which they have been topped. Some have berries, while a great 

 many were a perfect sheet of blossom during February. These plants 

 received exactly the same treatment as the Liberian Coffee. 



The Coffee trees have all had two dressings of farm-yard manure well 

 forked in, and they are kept regularly watered, and weeded. Some of 

 the trees which were not at one time looking well, were manured with 

 Jadoo manure, but there was no apparent result. 



The plants of Abbeokuta Coffee received from Kew seem perfectly 

 healthy, with the exception of one or two beiog troubled by scale in- 

 sects in a similar manner to ordinary Liberian Coffee. 



The plants of Coffea stenophylla are doing fairly well. 



Seeds of the supposed Mocha Coffee were received from the Secretary 

 of the Jamaica Agricultural Society. They have grown nicely and have 

 been planted out. 



Cocoa. The number of large cocoa trees has been reduced us there 

 were still a few trees of inferior varieties which it was thought wise to 

 remove. It is intended as soon as sufficient shade has grown up to re- 

 plant the empty spaces with plants of the best varieties. 



Sugar Cane All the new seedling Canes have been increased by 

 double their number, and plant canes of all the varieties will be avail- 

 able for testing this year. A large quantity of the No. 95 variety has 

 been propagated. If we only had had our usual rainfall, tops would 

 have been available for distribution in April in large quantities, but in 

 consequence of the severe, and prolonged drought few wll be ready be- 

 fore the end of May. A large quantity of good tops will be ready for 

 the autumn planting, it is proposed to largely increase the area planted 

 with this variety at Hope. Many of the seedling canes seem to have 

 no constitution at all, making very unsatisfactory growths, and when 

 this is the case with the care and attention they receive at the Gardens, 

 I think they are not likely to improve outside 



No. 95 grows well as a plant cane, our plants averaging fifteen canes 

 to a stool, it has a good top, our rows are six feet apart and yet it covers 

 the ground completely ; our second ratoons of this variety are also pro- 

 mising well in spite of the severe drought. 



Nos. 1 5 and 116 are still as vigorous as ever. 



Po a-ole of the older canes still leads as a vigorous growing cane, 

 second ratoons averaging twenty canes in a stool. 



Grape Vines. The Vinery at Hope is fast becoming a very interest- 

 ing and useful institution. 



Last year we were greatly troubled with " Maybugs" which did 

 much harm to the vines. There has been no such trouble this year. 

 Owing to the dead leaves of the Teak trees which were infested with 

 scale insects, blowing among the vines, many of them became badly in- 

 fested with scale insects. These were easily got rid of by the use of 

 an insecticide made of Telola soap supplied by Messrs. T. Christy & 

 Co. of London. It was recognised however that had the vines been 



