Dec. I, 1893.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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Japan Tea.— There has been a epurfc in the Tea 
trade, as buyers have been willing to pay the 
prioes for which leaf is held, and the higher grades 
are now scarce and dear. — Japan Mail, Nov. 4. 
English Veoetables in Nuwaka Eliya. — We were 
astonished by the receipt of a cumbrous and weighty 
parcel by rail yesterday, which on being opened 
proved to be an immense cabbage, the like of which 
we had never seen before, A letter received during 
the day explained matters. The cabbage had been 
sent us by Mr. W. H. Hawkes, P.W.D., and grown 
in his garden in Nuwara Eliya. It was as well grown 
a specimen of the genus cabbage as we remember 
to have seen anywhere, weighing 21J lb., and having 
a splendid heart, and a stalk like the stem of a tree. 
No one can say after this that cabbages cannot be 
grown to perfection in Nuwara Eliya, given such 
care and attention as Mr. Hawkes bestows upon his 
garden. We omitted to state that the cabbage was 
49 inches in circumference !— Local "Times." 
How Plants adapt themselves to Circumstances. — 
The forms of vegetable life are capable, just as 
animals are, of adapting themselves to a greater or 
less extent to altered circumstsnces or conditions. 
A curious experiment illustrative of this fact has 
recently been made by J. Bokorny (vide Chemiler 
Centi-alblatt, 1892, ii., p. 80), who has shewn that 
plants which have been deprived of starch, and 
placed in an atmosphere that contains no trace of 
carbonic acid gas, are capable of forming consider- 
able quantities of starch if they are fed with the 
sodium hydrogen sulj)hite compound of formaldehyde. 
In order, however, that this experiment may succeed, 
the plants must be placed in strong light; in the 
dark uo formation of starch takes place. A detailed 
account of this work is given in the Landio, Jahrhiuch, 
xxi., pp. 445 — 4G5. — Gardenerts' Chronicle. 
The Lime Juice Industry ojf Montserrat. — It is 
stated that there are at the present time in the island 
of Montserrat about 1200 acres of land under culti- 
vation of the Lime tree (Citrus), the juice from the 
fruits of which has become such an important article 
of commerce of late in this country. Three-fourths 
of the trees are said to be bearing fruit, the average 
yield of juice from an orchard in full bearing being 
about 500 gallons per acre. The average shipments 
from Montserrat during the past five years have been, 
of raw lime juice, 800 casks of 120 gallons each; 
of concentrated juice, 200 casks of 54 gallons each ; 
and of essential oil of Limes 2.500 pounds, besides 
large quantities of green and pickled Limes. Do- 
minica also supplies a good deal of Lime juice, and 
it is anticipated that, if the roads that have been 
projected in Dominica should be carried out, the Lime 
tree cultivation will be greatly extended, the cultui'e 
being one of considerable profit. — Ibid. 
Cetlon Tea Abroad. — A very pretty and effective 
form of Bdvertising Oeylon Tea has been adopted by 
the proprietor of the Kintyre and Kuanwella Tfa 
estates. The particular copy we have at en was headed 
" With the Season's (jrcetinga " from which we[infer 
that it ia intended as a kind of Christmas card, that 
is being sent with every Ohest of Tea shipped. The 
oarda will thus be widely distributed. We understand 
that it is the intention of the proprietor to continue 
sendiD« copies of the card with all future shipments 
■ant abroad. The card is of cabinet size, and has on 
one side descriptive letter press of seven views on 
the obverse side of special features of the properties 
and the Bcouery around them. The views resemble 
photographs, but are produced by a new process, that 
renders them in an attractive style and of highly 
finished and excellent work. The eubjeots are: (1) 
the Kiutjre I'dotory — (2) Women plucking tea— (3) 
Portrait of a native girl— (4) a river landscape in the 
low country with an elephant in the foreground cross- 
ing it. This forms t'le central vigneHe of the group. 
(:')) A group of Sinhalese girls— (6) The llamwella Tea 
factory in a piotuteeque tcene, and (7) another river 
scene with pada boala on the Kelani. Those vic*a 1 
form a well-arranged group covering one side of the 
oard, and are well adapted to give a correct idea of 
the oouutr; Hiud the Tua plautatious. 
To BiuoHTEiNT Gilt FbAMes.— Take Bufficient flour 
of sulphur tu give a golden tinge to about a pint and 
a half of water and boil in this four or five bruised 
onions. .Strain off the liquour, and with it, when 
oold, wash with a soft brush any gilding which requires 
resting. When dry it will come out bright as new. 
Cement fok Broken Glass, Poecelain Ceocksrt 
&c.— Curdle one-third of a pint of milk by adding 
vinegar. The whey is taken and the white of an egg 
ftirred into it. Finely divided quicklime is added 
and thoroughly mixed with a knife and applied to the 
snrface. The mended article after drying in the air 
is heated in a stove. 
BlAZ.'iWATTE " Tea and Maza" Wine.— The rumour 
has reached me that litigation is impending over the 
proprietors of " Mezawatte" Tei who, during the last 
few years, have driven so brisk a trade throuRhout 
the country. The story goes that certain parties, 
who have (or some time past been selling a beverage 
under the name of " Maza" wine, on applying to 
register their title as a Trade Mark, were met by the 
most determined opposition on the part of the " Ma- 
z matte" owners » ho held it to be an infraction of 
their own brand. The upshot of this ia that the validity 
of " Mazawatte" itsi If aa a Trade Mark is likely to 
be contested on several grounds. It baa always. I 
believe, teen held by the Ceylon Tea Plantation 
Company, Ltd., that the name " Mazawatte" was 
intended to be mistaken for " Mariawatte" : and 
that forms one ground of objection. Another is that 
there is no such estate as " Mazawatte" which word, 
it is stated, is only a substitution for " Maza Estate," 
the original brand under which the Tea was sold. 
There are also other general grounds under the pro- 
visions of the act whioh it is argued vitiate the validity 
of the mark. It will be a serious thing for "Maza- 
watte" Tea and its owners if its career be brought 
to an untimely end. Whether any benefit would 
accrue to Oeylon may well be doubted. — London Cor., 
" Independent." 
The Zambesi Industrial Missions call 
attention (says the C. 2lf. Intelligencer) to the un= 
limited possibilities whioh Africa suggests for 
Missions on a self Bupportiog basis. The Moravian 
lead is followed by other German Missions in this 
respeot, and with great tuccess, at least in its 
industrial departments, by the Mission of the 
Benedictine Order of Pvomauists. The magnifioent 
waterways, the elevated and healthy plateau- 
lands, the resources of oofi'ae, oinchona (quinine), 
cocaine, cotton, Indian rubber, wheat, cattle, — all 
these favourable conditions invite the plantation 
and expansion on a largi scale of Industrial 
Missions. It must not be forgotten that the early 
planting of the American Colonies was due to the 
Industrial Oompanies of England. While not 
within the direct sphere of this Society, they 
indicate openings and opportunities for combined 
Christian and commercial enterprise whioh should 
appeal to the locked-up capital of health and 
wealth, whioh lies in such abundance at home. 
Evangelization on such self-supporting lines ig 
more than a possibility on the Niger and the 
Congo and the Zambesi, as well as the great lakes, 
Victoria Nyanza, Nyassa, Tanganyika. The 
oppression of the Natives under the Prazo system 
in the Zaosbesi valley and Kilimani district renders 
them willing to accept with rejoicing a Christian 
administration. With the willingness o( their 
hearts combines the readiness cf the soil for the 
coconut, the banana and the orange, and rice, 
tho stay of life. Nor have the weeds of Koma- 
nism entangled the soil. While the climate in 
this partis very trying, that of the Shire high- 
lands ia emin<int'y favourable, and the natives are 
highly tractable and intelligent. There are abuc- 
dant carriers available here to Maima and Masho- 
naland and lying thus advantageous'ly upon the 
route to those countries secures much oommeroial 
advantage. 
