THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST [Sept. i, 1893. 
HIGHEST RAINFALL IN TWENTY- 
FOUR HOURS. 
With reference to the paragraph quoted in your 
notes of this week's Nature from the Indian Planters' 
Qazclte of Jan 28th, 1893, the most elementary 
knowledge of Indian meteorology would suffice to 
show that the remarkable lij^ure, 48 inches, supposed 
to represent tlie fall of a single night in January at 
Dehra Dun, is simply a misprint for 4'8. The 
entire rainfall of the winter season in no part of 
India exceeds one-half this amount, and I have no 
hesitation in declaring such a figure as 48 inches 
in twenty-four hours to be ab.-olutely without prece- 
dent, and, in my opinion, so extraordinary at such a 
season, that, if it really were 48, it would require 
Ufl to regard all existing Indian meteorological 
data with suspicion. Thirty inches in twenty four 
hours has often been recorded at Chirapunji in 
June and July. Can any one show a Bingle instanci 
of even 20 inches in twenty, four hours at Dehra Don ? 
Moreover, the whole annual supply at Dehra 
Dun is only 75 inches, while that of Chirapunji is 
600 inches ! E. Douglas Aechibald. 
—Nature, July 29. 
COFFEE NOTES. 
A commiiBioD of the oommeroial aBSociation at 
Santos made a revis'on of the »took of coSee in that 
port on the l*'t iuat, which was fouiid to be 68,000 
bags in first hands, 59,000 baga in aeoond bands and 
3,000 afloat, in all 120,OUO bag*. 
Duriijg the pa«t twelve oionthi, the bureau of 
American republics at Washington i( in formed, more 
than n million acres of coffee lands in the state of 
Vera Oruz, Mexico, have been eold to purobasera of 
Tarious Datirneilities, inoludins Americana, Germaoe, 
Fr<)nchmeD, EDglisbmea and Belgiaca.— Newt. 
CEOPS IN JAVA. 
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 2.— The Chamber of Commerce in 
this city has ieeued its report for 1892, from which it 
apptara thai tkiere Las been a larger decrease of trade, 
which is generslly ascriied to the protective measures 
iutroduoed by foreign count riep, especially France, 
which prevents business. The exports to the United 
Status were, however, double the value of those in 
1891, and the following artiolos have mnoh contributed 
to lhi.1 result :— OofiEee, $1,074,126 in 1892, asainrt 
^309,643; Tobacco, $4,573,702 in 1892, against 8837,246. 
As regards Netherlands Bast India the report meo- 
tiuns that the sugar crop was larger than in 1891, and 
the total exiiortH of Java sugar to all ports amounted 
in 1892 to 7,207,681 piculs. The coffee cultivation did 
not answer the expectalioof", and the exports vrere 
416,700 piculs private, atd 302,074 piculs Goveromant 
colJee. The tea crop was more abundant, but the 
cinchona cultivation is nearly rnineJ by the constantly 
drooping pricee. The tobacco cultivation in Jnva was 
profitable in some dittrict?, while the prospects for the 
Sumatra crop improved. — London and, China Exprtss. 
BARK AND DRUG REPORT 
(From the Chemist and Druggist.) 
Loudon, Aug. 2. 
CocoA-BTJTTEE.— At auction ou Tuesday 200 2-cwt cases 
of Uadbury's cocoa-butcer sold at i s lo Is 3id per lb. 
showing a stca ly market. 
OARDA.MOMS — A moderate supply was offered today. It 
consieted of about 161 boxes, lor which compaTatlvely 
little interest was shown. Good qttalities were a 1.^. t easier, 
but common fruit sold at steady prices. Ceylon-iMysore 
medium good pale are held for is 6d ; for a yellow lot 
a bid of as 7d was refused. Small to medium fair 
yellow brought Is lid to 2s ; long medium brownish It 
6d to Is 7d; stBall long brown Is 5d to Is 3d per lb. 
Ceylon-Jilalabar small round brownish brought la 3d to 
tB 4d ; very small dull greenish Is Id to Is 2d per 
lb. A parcel o£ 16 cases small grey (salvage) brought 
lOd per lb. 
CisoHONA.— A paroel of 29 aeron^ Oaaraquil bark. In 
fair, 1 lip, • rt'TH quil, sold at Is to lo id per Ih. for 
Bound quality- Tbiee serous fair, »ome»h it thin L' la (a 
1 ind which is exc^eai ^-ly scarcej. were sirongly competed 
f rand IvrouKbt be higU pri e of ^rs 6d per lb. 
Ciai.HOMDiMt.— Two cas'S of I,' 00 oz. esch, were 
oUered todav, und boagbt in at 2d per oz,, there being 
nu i<ff rs. The price i». of coarse, much above the va ue 
of the article. 
roCA-LEAV£s are gradually ooming d- wn in prioe. Eleven 
bales of browu duUUuaaooo leaves weie bought In at Im 
6d ; and broleu, but g'X>d and rather paie 'i'ruxil o at la 
^d and Is 31, aUo retired. 
THE ORANGE CULTURE IN FLORIDA. 
A very iatereeting communication oo Or&uge-treb 
bliglit and the cultivation of Oranges in Florida has 
ricrntly been made from Ntw Orleans to the Foreign 
Ofiice. " Many persons '' it is aaid, " who bave hitherlo 
taken pride in lutir Orange trees have t<een grieved 
to lee them sicken and gradua'ly die without apparent 
cause. Close examiuation will discloee Ihe fact that 
the bodies of the tree, their branches, and even 
many of the learrs are covered with a Irowni'-h 
substance, which might be mistaken for dust; attempt 
to brush it oS, and it will be foand to adhere closely 
in the form of minute scales. When batched, the 
yoDPg insects move about for a while, then attach 
themselves to the tree, and form the rcale ov«r tbe 
bodies, and literally aaek tbe life from the :r e, attaok- 
ing the lower braoobes first. Twice a year (spring 
and tall) they at nd forth broods of jouoif, when tbe 
old insect dies, and at such times the eoale it found 
dry, loose, and easily wasb<-B off. Then the young 
insect can be seen by good pye<, but an ordinary 
microscope will show scorsB, if not hundreds, of the 
young to each square inch, aotively running aboa', 
While the insect, when encatel under the scale 
is bard to kill by any safe applioatioo, when youn^ 
and expoted tbey may be easily destroyed by the 
following simple emulsion, which wai fir«t reoom* 
metdcd by Profeaior Riley, tbe Government ento- 
mole gist : 
The remedy is: one bar ot soap, dissolved in 1 
gallon of boiling water, to which add while yet hot, 
2 ntk\ ons of coil-oil. Immediately cbarn by violent 
agitation in a demijohn ; or belter still, by a hand 
force-pump, io an upfu vetael, and in a few minntei it 
will become thoroughly mixed and awume a ereamy 
consistency. Test it on a pane of glasf, and if it 
a 'hcres without being oily, it is ready for use as soon 
as eold, but before applying to the tree it should 
bo diluted with n ne parts of water to one part of 
tl e emulsion. After tLorougbly abakiog, it may be 
applied with a brush to every part of the tree which 
can be reached, but a better plan is to attach a 
spraying-nozzle to the feroe-pnmp (often used id 
gardcnf), and thoroujjhiy spray body, branohe*, and 
leavts. The young iDseetn are now moving about, 
and one applioation will k'll most of them. How- 
ever, as a matter of precaution, the trees should be 
sprayed with this emulsion two or threj time?, a few 
d>y8 apitt." 
Referring to Orange ooltare in Florida, it is stated 
that the crop has reached such large proportions, 
that for some time past the growers have been look- 
ing elsewhere for new markets. Last year the State 
pro iuoed 3,500,000 boxes ; this year's crop amounted 
to 3,000,000 boxes. It is said that the Florida Grange 
h:!.s drivsn, or is driving, the Spanish and Italian 
product out of tbe American marke',and that besides 
this a large trade has been commerced in Europe. 
A short tia>e ago, a sbipment of Oranges, amoanting 
to 9,566 boxes w."i8 made to Liverpool- The ship- 
m nt was by a Bri i^h stesmi r. The vessel bad a 
etjimy passage, which caused the fruit to reach 
E'lgiani in a more or less damagedconditicD. The 
said fruit, however, sold ht such good prices as to 
leave the shippers a hai.dsome profi*. The shippers 
of this c^rgo propose to put ou a regular line of 
fruit-carriers from Florida to England, and ports ou 
the Continent. It is thought that from 100,000 to 
300,000 boxes will ba shipped to Europe next year. — 
Gatdeners' Chronicle, Aug. 5. 
