^S'tipplement to the ^' Tropml AgriGuUurist.' 
[Nov. 2, lS03. 
";^iet5'e 'i)j^' piece ou mats made for "tlie puii^ose, 
^"aiid pud ill the suu to dfy. At noou on the first 
"'dtiy ohe pieces should ba turned over regularly, 
80 that both sides may be equally expos'ed to the 
■ sUn. la ihe evening tfiey may be irregularly 
niae?ed together auu left iu the open-air for the 
uight. Ou the second eyeuiug the mat with 
the ginger should be fcakeu up, but it shtfUld not 
be fo'lded. A free circulatiou should always be 
provided to prevent fermeutatiou and discoloura- 
tions. In three to live days the ginger should be 
dry. Care shoai4 be taken that the tubers do not 
get wet during exposure. After drying copaes the 
washing or " juipqg." , The tubers are soaked 
for half an hour iu clean .ysrater ia which lime 
juice (half pint to six or seven gallons) has been 
Udded,. After washing well iu the same water 
they are laid on mats to dry. V7 ashed ginger is 
white and floury. 
It has been discovered by a series of careful 
experiments made by the Bureau of Animal 
Industry iu the United iStates Departmeut of 
Agricuicure, that if a small tablet consisting of 
Permanganate of Potash and Sulphate of Alumi- 
nium be promptly administered, losg of stpck 
through the ^eating of jyoisoiious plants is co at 
great extent averted. The actipu of the Per- 
mangauat,e is to oxjdise and destroy, the poison 
etfl,l remaining unabsorbed in the stomach, and 
this action is intensified by tl^e Sulphate of Alumi- 
niupa, . , 
. -,'j/tie " Taugelo , is, the latest novelty .in 
^iruit, according to' the Oalifornian Furit Grower. 
It is the result of cro^Ssing the Tangerine orange 
with the, Pumelo, and has been brought about 
in the Plant Bleeding Laboratory of the iJuited 
Stales Department ot Agriculture by Pr, Webber 
, and Mr. Walter Svviugle. The friiit is about the 
size of (in oirdiiiary orange, has. the easily- 
removable skill and orange-yellow piiip of the 
Tangerine, and its sfegmeuts fall apart as readily 
as those of the latter. ' At the same time a 
slightly acid-bitter flavour persists, but not to the 
same extent as in the Pumelo. 
Tri9,l3 made iu the packing of seeds fpr long- 
distance . transportatioii has brought out the fiict 
iiiat the niore satisfactory way is to pack f Vesh 
' ie'eds after drying vvell ill the shade, lii" 6 
or 8 oz. tins , in fairly well galvaaiJsed 
charcoal, lo eyery piut measure of the Charcoal 
powder should be added one table'spooiifiil of 
water, mixing the charcoal thoroughly by shaking 
through a sieve. The seeds should then be put 
into Che tin gradually, adding charcoal aiid 
well tapping; the tins, so that the spaces between 
ihe seeds' are well HUed in. The top was well 
covered with charcoal, so that v^hen shut the 
pressure prevented 'aiiy iiiovement inside. These 
directions are well worth rememberiug when 
seudiag seeds, such ad mangos teens, &c„ long 
disiauces. 
' J ''ABdordibg to '■ ' t'h^ Quegn^land Agricultural 
J'out^hkl, the ioUecitibn of i^apavt' juite is a regular 
industry in the West indies, especially iu Moat- 
''serrat. The juice is collected in calabasties in 
which is a small quantity of water, and is 
obtained by slightly scoring the fruit with a 
knife. As it falls into the water the juice 
thickens into the consistency of ice-cream, and . is 
thus sold to manufacturers for from -|/. >o Id. 
per oz. The long-pointed variety is said to 
bear earlier and nearer the ground, but the rouud 
fruits are believed to give the larger yield of 
juice. One gardener, it is stated, is able to collect 
an average 4 oz. of juice pei' hour. The preseiit 
price of dried Papa w. juice or Papain is given 
as 12s. to 16s. per lb. A small Barbados plantation 
of 120 trees (of which about 25 per cent are 
non- fruiting males) planted in May, yielded to 
the end of December (t.e^, seven mouths) over 10 
lbs. of juice, . , : . 
RAINFADL TAKEN AT THE GOVERNMENT 
STDCX GARDEN , FOB OCTOBER, 1903. 
1 Thursday . 
2 Friday 
3 Saturday . 
4 Sunday 
0 Monday 
6 Tuesday 
7 Wednesday. 
8 Thursday . 
,9 Friday 
10 Saturday . 
11 Sunday 
12 Monday 
13 Tuesday 
14 Wednesday. 
15 Thursday . 
1ft Friday 
•Qo^^ 17 
•50 18 
•08 19 
•02 20 
Nil 21 
Nil, 22 
•02 23 
Nil 24 
•06 25 
Nil 26 
Nil 27 
Nil 28 
Nil 29 
Nil 30 
1^38 81 
•6^ i 
Saturday 
Sunday 
Monday 
Tuesday 
Wednesday 
Thursday 
Friday 
Saturday 
Sunday 
Monday 
Tuesday^. , 
Wednesday 
Thiirsd£^S^_ 
FtidayL, ^ 
Saturday 
Sunday 
... 1-65 
... -25 
.. •ao 
... 1-45 
... r^f 
... •es 
... -86 
... 3-55 
... -20 
... -66 
... W8 
... -25 
-08 
... Nil 
... Nil 
Tpljai in.. ..13:59 
, iljean i?1f,;v.r 
Greatest ataount of rainfall iti any 24 hours, 
from 23rd to 24th = 3 55 inches. 
No. of days on which rain fell 2^1l 
JtVEX. PHBERA. 
•LATE^ 
researches in 
pMysiologt. 
PLANT 
I^^The reseafc'fi'es of Prof. Diinstan, p.fe.y., of tlie 
Scientific Department of ' Che Imperial Institute 
audpr, Henry regarding Cyauo^eiiesis iu Plants go 
to prove the extreme importance of the study 
of vegetable physiology, both from an agricul- 
tural and medical poiui of viev^. ' , ; , 
Pcoi, Duuscan and Dr. Iletiry have been work- 
ing dri a number of plant's which Appear under 
certain conditions to possess poisonous properties, 
with a view to discbvering to what extent they 
coiit'aiu glucosldes capable Of f Uifnrshi'ug pi?ilssic 
acid. Prfe'yiod^ly thSy had foiiud yrtissi'c acid in 
young plants ot Lotus arabtcus, which choughf ifot 
