June 1, 1901.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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(climber), Cleopatra, Perle des Jardins (climber), 
Ducliesse Marie de Rotibor, Emile Gonin, 
Francisca Kruger, General Bitton, Hon. Edith 
GifFord, Jean Duclier, Mesdanies Baldwin, Berard, 
and De Watteville, Marie van Houtte, Mrs. E 
Mawley, Rubens, Safrano, Sappho, and the 
Souvenir d'un Ami tribe. Zephyr. A lot oi the 
Ttids are bad growers, and never make good trees. 
Noisettes as a class do well. Niel, both yellow and 
white, Cloth of Gold, L'ld^al, Reve d Or, W A 
Richardson, and Lamarque are the best. Both 
Banksians do well, and soon make extra large 
trees. 
The Bourbon class does nob do well, only the 
Hybrid Bourbon are of any use, such as Mrs Paul, 
Philemon, Cochet, Purity, and both the climbing 
and bush Malmaison. The ordinary Bourbons do 
not flower well. Rosa polyantha, such as Aglaia 
and Crimson Rambler, grow fast and soon make 
very large plants. 
Chinas do well, but this class as a rule are 
not very useful, the flowers being very poor 
and not lasting. The best Chinas are Cora, 
Duke of York, Duchess, Flora, Mrs Bosanquet, 
and Red Pet. 
The Japanese Kugofea Roses do very well, but 
have a very straggly growth, and can only be 
grown as a hedge or back ground. 
The Penzance Briars are worthless, and only 
flower once in a way, though they make good 
growth. I have all the varieties, Imt use them as 
the stock for budding on. Moss Roses are also 
useless. The only two that flower at all are White 
Bath and Perpetual Moss, both of very straggly 
growth aud of little or no use. 
Roses from seed are very easily raised, and with 
care good varieties are obtained. The seed ripens 
all the year round, and is produced freely, if the 
flower has been fertilised. The writer has raised 
some tine new sorts from M Neil, Niphetosj 
Robert Duncan, Thomas Wood, General Jacque- 
minot, &., and they may be heard of in the Rose 
world. A Ceylon Rosarian. 
— Garden, April 13. 
TEA INSPECTION. 
A Visiting Agent writes : — 
" How could an Inspector possibly examine all 
the tea exported? I fancy that is the difficulty. 
So long as you have buyers, there will be sellers." 
To which we reply :— " Don't you see 
that inspection would be confined to pack- 
ages bearing unknown marks ? No need to 
touch Directory estates or well-known marks, 
as the only time tea has been stopped in 
London is when it was shipped under un- 
known marks. Think of the grand advertise- 
ment it would be to be able to telegraph to the 
London Times: — ' Inspector of Tea Exports 
appointed ; standard fixed, below which no tea 
can leave Ceylon.' It would do more good 
than fifty answers to Skrine. The Inspector 
might not reject more than 2 or 3 boxes a year 
because * black sheep ' and natives would stop 
shipping rubbir-h ; yet his appointment would 
be repaid to the honest planter many times 
ever. At present ' the million ' at home 
are being impressed with the idea that " any 
kind of rubbish can be shipped from Ceylon." 
COCONUT PLANTING IN THE NORTH. 
Daring a considerable period, the Paohchillapally 
distiict in the Peninsula was the district for co- 
conut planting. In this District there are more 
0 xoDUt estates than in other pat'ta of the North. 
The best estates, Karampaham, Kotte, Dromore, 
Ivanhoe and Tanmakeny are situated in this Dis- 
trict. A few years ba-k, a new field for coconut 
planting was found at Vaddukada and some enter- 
prising men have opened up lands there and have 
planted them with coconuts. Prominent amon<' 
those who are planting at Vaddukaddu are Dr" 
Kandyah, Mr Proctor Casipillai and Mr. Advocate 
Vanniasinghem. Large tracts have been brought 
under cultivation and the prospect is reported to 
be very bright. 
The water and soil in Vaddukaddu are alleged to 
be superior and it is generally believed that, in due 
time, the district is likely to be a flourishing eo- 
conut district, a great rival to the Paohchillapallv 
District. Mr. Proctor Casipillai, who is perhaps 
the largest and most enterprising speculator, has 
opened np nearly 300 acres and has a^jplied for 
more lands. If Vaddukaddu fulfils the e.xpectations 
formed in respect of it, ^i. Casipillai would be the 
largest Tamil coconut planter in the Morth 
The Roman Catholic Mission at Jaffna possesses 
some valuable estates in the Peninsula, The Meli- 
zan Estate, just coming into bearing, is admitted 
to be a splendid property. But His Lordship Dr 
Joulain, the present Catholic Bishop, whose know- 
ledge of the people and the country is perhaps 
unequalled, has discovered a district suited for 
coconut planting and which is likely to take the 
shine out of Pachohillapally and Vaddukaddu A 
few years back. His Lordship, favourably impressed 
with the soil and condition of the land at Mnllai 
tivoe, apphedfor a block of 500 acres and planted 
a portion of it with coconuts. The reports we have 
received of this new plantation are highly satis 
factory. The trees are not only in good condition 
but compared with those in the old districts ther 
are 'giants" and are coming into bearing earlier 
than in other parts. In view of the excellent 
water and the peculiar soil, the land is much 
superior, and as a coconut District, it will in a 
short time, become very important and popular — 
Jaffna "Patriot," May 10. ^-^Fuiar— 
PLANTING IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA • 
GREAT PROGRESS: 25,000 ACRES 
UNDER COFFEE. ^"^^'^^ 
In his report for the year 1900 the British Vice 
Consul at Dar-es-Salaam says, — Nearly 600 
acres have been planted with Mauritius agave 
hemp {Fourcroya g%gantea), and a field railway 
9nnnnT«.T'^''"''*f''-- ^^^^^ P'-esent time some 
, 20,000 leaves, producing about 750 lb of drv fihrp 
are cut and cleaned daily. The tiUie goes 
hrough the process known as breakingandscutching 
the woody stem or boon being cracked and brokr-n 
up by means of a simple rolling machine. Af(Pr 
the bruised leaves have been left in soapy water 
for one night, they are well rinsed in fresh witer 
and t^ien placed in tlie sun. When dry as much as 
possible of the broken wood is shaken out aftPr 
which the fibre is beaten by rotating Wooden 
paddles, by which means the rem.ainder is removed 
It IS then pressed and formed into bales weiahin,^ 
2^ cwt. 1-^"'"!-. 
VANILLA.-There are three vanilia plantations 
nearBagamoyo. Two, Kitopeni and Shambesi 
belong to a private company, the third to ths 
Roman Catholic Mission. In the two former ^11 
30.000 vines, each of which bears on an averaL 20 
pods annually. During the drought of isgs'half 
