March i, 1889.] THE TROPICAL 
AGRICULTURIST. 
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least, it is reported) in German brands in bulk, several 
transaction of 10,000 and '20,000 oz lots each being 
talked about. The B & S agents are said to have 
been the principal sellers, and the quotations accepted 
by them have deolined from Is 343 lor May-June deli- 
very to Is 3d for February, and on Wednesday to 
Is 2Jd per oz., the lowest offical price on record, at 
which thoy are said to have sold 20,000 oz for February- 
March delivery, another 10,000 oz being reportod sold 
by them today at tho sarao figure. Brunswick is said 
to have sold for August delivery at la 3d, and Auerbach 
for April-May, also at Is 3d per oz at the beginning of the 
week) but the agents will uow also t«ke Is 2£d .Tobst's 
and Zimmer's brands have sold at Is 4^-d lately; these 
makers do not take part in the speculative moment. 
Spices. — Cloves have sold privately at 9d per lb for 
Zanzibar, both on spot and for arrival, but at auction 
little attention was paid to the small supply offered. 
Exceptionally fine bold bright selected Ceylon sold at 
Is 3$d per lb; ditto Fenaug at Is 3jd per lb., and 
fair medium at 11} i. Black pepper has remained quiet, 
with transactions at 7£J to 7.' t 1 for grey to good washed 
Singapore on the *pot ; Atcheeo, slightly dusttd, 
5Jd; sifted Penang 6£d; bright washed Ceylon 7d per lb_ 
THE AMERICAN MARKETS. 
Nkw York, January l!)th. 
Quinine has been unsettled, though the teudency 
of the market has been towards a stronger basis. For 
the greater portion of the period under review there 
has been a hesitancy to meet buyers of round lots 
but occasionally sellers would relax, and, with assistance 
of foreign agents, full advantage was taken of the op- 
portunities as presented, and the result has been a 
considerable business completed. The transactions 
aggregate 75,000 oz- German in large bulk, brands 
including " Gold and Silver," Brunswick, and B & S 
for which 20£c to 31c was paid. A moderate portion 
of this quality consisted of storostock, but the larger 
percentage was contracted for during January, Febru- 
ary, and March. Tho market closed with the feeling 
decidedly stronger. 1' & W have shown a disposition 
to lower their ideas to a point nearer the market, and 
have revised quotations so that they now st;ind 38c for 
large bulk 4(tc for 5-oz. tins and 45c for vials. — Chemist 
and liruygixt. 
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Botanical. — With reference to specimens 
referred to in tho communication on page 
688, Dr. Trimon writes: — "The rhododendron is 
interesting as being from a new and isolated spot, 
and in differing slightly from the type of tho higher 
regions. The plant you think a eucalyptus* does 
Dot belong lo that genus of myrtaeete, but to an 
allied one called from its combined head of fruit 
syncarpia. Its full name is Syncarpia Uturifolia. I 
n un mot r it at Ahbnlsfnrd on my only visit then 
at the time of the gum-tree blight. It is, of course, 
Australian (Queensland and N. S. Wales), but I 
am not aware that it possesses any valuable proper- 
ties but ornamental ones." And most ornamental it 
is in leafago and (lower. But that is not all. 
Von Mueller, quoting llartmann and MacDowall, 
states that "tho wood in very durable, mostly 
used for flooring and cabinet-making, as it takes 
a high polish (llarimann); extremely durable, of 
excellent qualities " (A. MacDowall). Tho vernacular 
name is turpentino tree (why, wo fail to see, for 
the soent of the leaves is delicato) ; it attains a height 
of 200 feet, with a stem of great thickness, to 30 
feet in girth; ra' h. r "I quick growth j woll adapted 
to shade roa isiuos. The seed which is now being 
freely produced on Abbotsford will, therefore, be 
valuable. Alternated with gr< villoas, casunrinas and 
some of the hand onus eucalypti, this tree would 
h*lp to make a beautiful avenue. Oryptonuria 
japonica and Cedrela toona would add to the effect 
nl niicli an avenue. 
•We ludu-ateU our doubt by a? — ino aom Dined 
fruilhead as well a< tin haves, which aro silvery 
011 the undcriide, having pulled u«. 
Aoras, 20th Feb. — We have a fine blossom in 
spike on some of the estates in this district, where 
the trees are healthy and especially where culti- 
vation has been kept up and the green bug kept 
down. We want a few light " blossom showers " 
after all this hot sultry weather. If not much it 
will do the coffee good, and simply make the tea 
jump again. A good many cinchonas have died 
out the last month or two, but it seems to make 
very little difference on some places, and the estimate 
for next year is as good as ever. 
The Dkhra Doon Forestry School is thus 
noticed in the Indian Forester : — " In India itself a 
very important improvement was introduced in the 
system of instruction at the Dehra Doon School in 
1885. The course originally consisted of only two 
terms held in two successive years from 1st July to 
31st October, the interval of eight months being 
spent by the students in various divisions where 
they either learnt a little administration or were 
employed in counting trees in enumeration surveys. 
Now that interval and also the five month succeed- 
ing the second Eainy Season term are passed in 
camp with the Deputy Director of the School and 
other Instructors who carry on a course of com- 
bined indoor and outdoor work thus making the 
teaching as practical as possible." 
The Ceylon Toracco Company — whose pros- 
pectus has just been advertised — is already so well 
supported, there being quite a rush for shares, 
that it scarcely requires any further words from 
us, unless the Directors are prepared to doublo 
their oapital ! A meeting of the Directors is to take 
place in Kandy 011 Saturday next when we have 
no doubt everything will be found ready to warrant 
a commencement of business. In our last notice 
of the Company, when we mentioned the names 
of Mr. Eutherford, Christie, Armstrong, aud Hill 
as inspiring confidence, we omitted the name of 
the gentleman who is the very heart of the en- 
terprise, the Managing Director and Secretary Mr. 
Hugh Fraser. The only suggestion we would 
venture to make to the Directors, is whether apart 
from growing the finer, but more delicate, tobaccos 
chielly in request in the European market, they should 
not devote some acreage to the coarser but more 
easily grown tobaccos for local and Indian use. 
One enthusiast deolares there is 400 per cent to 
be made by supplying tobacco leaf to the Ceylon 
and Indian bazaars. Verb. sap. 
Forest Produce and Movaiile Tramways. — 
There is abundance of good timber trees still in 
the forests of Ceylon, but they are often unavail- 
able at anything like ordinary cost in consequence 
of remoteness from consuming centres and absence 
of proper means of oarriage. The following extraot 
from a review in the Indian Forester of operations 
during Lord Dufforin's period of Government is 
suggesive of a remedy:— "The quantity of produce 
exported from the forests has increased very con- 
siderably. This is due to the opening out of new 
forest tracts, but is alio, to a great extent, the 
result of improvoi means of transport. In this 
latter connection it is interesting to note that Lord 
Dufforin has urged the advisability of employing 
moveable tramways, which would be availublo in 
time of war or famine. The realisation of this 
project is on y awaiting a further extension of the 
general railway system aud its nearer approach to 
some of the more important forest areas Tho 
increaso in the exports of forost produce is also a 
consequence of the growing prosperity of the oouu- 
try. which is cloarly indicated by the use, in many 
localities, of sawn soantlings in place of the rough 
unwrought poles that vvoro formerly put iulo 
buildings." 
