tamarind, pine-apple, lime, mango, papaw, pinguin, 
graDadilla, tomato, guava. A small trade in fruit 
exists between St. Lucia and Barbados of the value 
of £400, but this fertile island is capable of great 
development in almost every department of tropical 
culture. 
DOMINICA. 
This island resembles Jamaica in its physical con- 
formation as also in its productions. Limes are cult- 
ivated for the sake of the expressed juice: but 
oranges, bananas, coconuts, and indeed all choice 
tropical fruits are capable of being produced, and an 
iudustry in fruit, which at present is of the value of 
£3,444, is gradually increasing. 
ANTIGUA. 
The pine-apples of Antigua in a fresh state were 
on sale at the Colonial market throughout the Ex- 
hibition. They are smaller and not so delicate in 
flavour as the fruits which come to England from 
the Azores, but there is a large demand for pine- 
apples in the early summer months which Antigua is 
well able to supply. 
MONTSERRAT. 
This small island has become the head-quarters of 
the lime industry in the West Indies, and there were 
exported in 1884: — Lime- juice of the value of £10,300, 
green limes of the value of £325, tamarinds of the 
value of £254, and general fruit of the value of 
£93. 
BARBADOS. 
As a large sugar-producing Oolouy, Barbados draws 
supplies in fruit from the neighbouring islands: but 
it exports preserved tamarinds to the value of £1,305. 
CYPHUS. 
This island is not only noted for its abundance of 
orauges and lemons, melons, apricots, cherries, 
almonds, and fine pomegranates, but also for grapes 
of exceptional good quality. Such being the case, 
it is a matter of regret that a large collection of 
the characteristic fruits of the Eastern Mediterranean 
region was not shown. The exhibits consisted only 
of hazel-nuts, almonds, walnuts, caroubs, and two jars 
of rcisins. The walnuts were large and bright look- 
ing ; the raisins were of exceptional size and quality. 
Figs are most abundant in Cyprus, but it is said 
that they are inferior to those of Smyrna. 
The chief trade in fresh fruit, after satisfying local 
demands, is with Egypt. Pomegranates appear to be 
the chief article of export, and these are in great 
demand at Port Said, 250 miles distant, and Alex- 
andria, 300 miles distant. Although not a fruit in the 
geneial acceptance of the term, the Caroub, or Algaroba 
bean, the produce of a large tree, Ceratonia siliqua, 
is an important article of export from Cyprus. This 
bean contains much saccharine matter, and is very 
nutritious. Although sometimes eaten, its chief use 
is in the manufacture of food for cattle. A " black 
honey made from Caroubs" was not honey in the 
general acceptance of the term, but evidently a pulpy 
saccharine matter extracted from the Caroub beans. 
Royal Gardens, Kew, 22nd April, 1887. 
REPORTS ON THE COLONIAL SECTIONS 
OF THE COLONIAL AND INDIAN 
EXHIBITION, issii. 
Issued under the Supervision of the Council of tli = 
Society of Arts, and edited by H. Trueman Wood, 
m.a., Secretary to the Society. (London : William 
Clowes & Sons, 1887.) 
These long-looked-for reports, which form a volume 
of some 500 pages, are, wo presume, the fiual official 
reoords of last years Exhibition, The contents of 
tlu' Exhibition have been treated of in twenty-three 
separate reports, each by a different writer, the 
Damel ol some having been scircely heard of before. 
Though the book will be useful as a record, in one 
handy volume, of the raw products of the British 
colonies, it is nevertheless disappointing, consisting 
as it does for a great part of extracts from the 
catalogues of each colony. After the issue of such 
descriptive catalogues and handbooks as most of the 
colonies prepared during the period of the Exhibition, 
the necessity for a repetition of much of the matter , 
though stamped with the names of certain gentle- 
men whom the Prince of Wales was "pleased to 
nominate," is not apparent. What would have been 
a useful permanent record of the show would have 
been the writer's own opinions upon the value or 
utility of the products based upon his own experience 
or upon that of experts who might have been associ- 
ated with him, or upon practical experiments or ex- 
amination, such, for instance, as that of Mr. Cross 
on " Miscellaneous Fibres," or the second report on 
" Timbers," by Mr. Allen Eansome. 
Several of the reports are remarkably weak, notably 
those on " Drugs, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Pro- 
ducts," " Gums, Resins, and Analogous Substances." 
Here is a paragraph from the former report : — "Myrica 
cordifolia yields an excellent wax, which is used for 
candles ;" this occurs on p. 255, while twenty pages 
further on, in the report on oils and fats, and under 
the head of " Myrtle Wax," this substance is stated 
to be " yielded by several species of Myrica (Cerifera, 
serrata, quercifolia, &c ). The reputed source of this 
product is said to be North America, but in this 
instance the exhibitors were Messrs. Hall & Zinn, 
of the Cape of Good Hope." Why Myrica wax should 
be included in a report on drugs it is difficult 
to understand, and the reporter on oils and fats 
seems to be unaware that these plants are found 
both in America and South Africa. A better joke, 
however, is to follow. Here is an extract from the 
same report on oils and fats, p. 265 : — " A fat 
closely allied to Palm oil is Shea butter, also known 
as Galam or Bambouk butter, the produce of several 
varieties of Palms in the Niger districts, chiefly the 
Bassia Paikii." This is evidently a new discovery, 
the classifying of a Sapotaceous plant in the order 
Palmacere. 
Leaving "oils and fats," with its other blunders, 
and the misspelling of botanical names, we find a 
goods,start on the first page of the report on " Gums, 
resin &c.," for we are there told, under the head of 
New South Wales, that " the hard brittle resin of 
the Xanthorrhcea hastilis, a Tree Fern of the colony, is 
known ordinarily as grass-tree gum or green rnaccroides." 
It is needless to say that the italics are our 
own. Referring to the Xanthorrhoea resins further 
on, however, under Western Australia, the writer 
alludes to the interesting nature of these resins, and 
hopes that they may be more thoroughly investigated. 
Timbers are treated of in two separate reports, but 
as they are arranged alphabetically, each under its 
own country, it follows that the same wood, where 
the tree is widely distributed, is described in each 
colony. In the consideration of Queensland woods 
the following paragraph occurs : — " Cedrela australis, 
F. Bluell., the Red Cedar or Toon tree, native name 
Mamin and Woota. A very large tree, yielding a 
beautifully grained, red-coloured wood, easy to work, 
and said to be very durable. This will be found a 
valuable wood for cabinet purposes, and would be 
useful in many ways. It is in general use in the 
colony." 
This individual paragraph would have been much 
more valuable bad the information been attached to 
it that the tree, known now as the Cedrela Toona of 
Roxburgh is the same species that yields the Toon 
wood of India, where the tree is found, as well as in 
Burmah. But why the same woods should be bn 
of separately in the two timber reports it is difficult 
to understand. This is what the writer of report 
No. 2 says : — "Red Cedar (Cedrela Toona). This 
resembles the wood last-mentioned (Dysoxylon Fra- 
serianum), but it is somewhat inferior. It is softer 
and lighter, and considerably coarser in grain. It 
plaues and works very well, however, and would do 
for common cabinet-work. It is already known in 
the English market as Moulmuu Codar.' 
