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I'HE  TROPICAL 
ACRICUmURIST. 
[June  I,  1896. 
VA1U0L’«  PLANTING  NGTE«. 
Ai  ''nu  Pitoriitiv. — We  learn  that 
Mr.  i nomas  L.  do  Suuij[jayo,  Ad\ocate,  iias  purchabed 
Moregoclo  Lscale,  suiiated  in  the  Jiene.aigocia  dis- 
tnet,  from  Mis.  .Joseph  I’erera,  \Mfe  01  the  late 
tscacionmaster,  for  KlU.UhO.  The  property  is  forty 
acres  in  exteiit,  is  tuny  planted  and  niosi  of  the  iieos 
are  111  healing.  The  sale  was  effected  bv  Mr.  P.  A. 
Lkauayeko  Mudaliyar.— ••  Independent.  ” ' 
Galiioknia  OiiAxoE  Gnor. — An  exchange  states 
that  uuring  the  next  thiee  months  southern  Caliior- 
nia  will  be  engaged  in  picking  its  orange  crop,  winch 
IS  estimated  at  ‘2,bUU,UUO  boxes,  or  two-thirds  of  a luli 
yield.  The  crop  wifi  sell  for  s1i5,u0U,0UU,  winch  is  an 
excellent  return  from  an  induacry  only  litteen  years 
old.  About  ljJ3d  O(JO,uU0  has  been  luvosled  ni  the 
orange  groves  of  southern  Galiloruia.  There  are  m 
bearing  lU,UtKJ  acres,  and  80,UUU  more  acres  are 
planted.  adsf/ci Pa  April  -1. 
\\  uiTk-ANTS  ON  Ti;.\  Estates. — Uii  page 
827  we  (jiiote  an  iiiicrestiug  e.xiiacL  on 
tins  subject,  and  in  a suljset|uent  issue  we 
hope  to  be  able  to  give  the  etliioiial  comments 
01  tlie  Mudms  Ahul  on  Urn  lirst  instalment  of 
Dr.  George  Watt's  pafier  on  white  anis  wi,icli 
IS  iiiuterstuod  to  be  one  of  tiie  chapters  oi  ms 
fortheoming  Tea  He[)ort.  Witli  regaru  to  remedial 
ageneies  Dr.  Watt  says  that  wiien  and  \iheie 
liossiblo  tlic  whice  ants  siioiikl  be  dug  out,  not 
merely  by  hand  cleaning  the  stems  and  hranches 
of  the  mud  eiica.semenis,  mit  by  digging  out  and 
destroying  tlie  nest  with  its  ijiieen  ant.  lie  does 
not  seem  to  he  very  .sanguine  of  tne  \aiiie  of 
.^uy  iiisectied  in  tlie  ccrauicaium  of  the  jiust. 
As  AscinsT  Uosj'.ui’sir. — The  oldest  rosehUbh  in 
the  world  is  found  at  llildesheim,  a small  city  of 
Hanover,  where  it  emerges  irom  the  subsoii  of  tlie 
Gliurch  of  the  Gemetery.  Its  roots  are  found  in  the 
subsoil,  and  its  pnraitive  stem  has  been  ucaa  lor  a 
long  tune,  but  the  new  stems  have  made  a paseiige 
through  a crevice  in  the  wall,  and  cover  almost  ifie 
entire  chiirdi  with  their  hranches  tor  a wmih  and 
height  of  TO  feet.  The  age  of  this  tree  is  interesting 
botii  to  botanists  and  gardeners.  Accoruing  to  traui- 
tiou,  the  Hiideshciin  rosebush  was  planted  by  kliarie- 
magno  in  83;>,  and  the  Church  having  been  Lurned 
down  in  the  llih  ceutui'y'  the  root  cotitiiiuea  10 
grow  in  the  sub-soil.  Mr.  Tiacner  has  recently  pub- 
lished a .book  upon  the  venerable  plant,  in  wmch 
ho  proves  that  it  is  at  least  three  centuries  of  age. 
It  is  mentioned  in  a poem  written  in  IGpO  and  also 
in  the  work  of  a Jesuit  who  died  in  1073. — Inverness 
Cvnhvier. 
A bvccEssrun  Nuitsmiv. — “Some  few  issues  ago,’’ 
writes  ‘ I’,’  you  bad  corrcspoadenco  regarding  lo.i 
nurseries.  "At  the  end  of  November  last  I buiignt 
14  fieugal  mds.  seed  from  tbe  Seafuith  Estate — 
wnich  was  well  sunk — and  immediately  put  into  a 
germinating  bed  in  the  open.  The  seed  in  tw'o  layer.s 
4"  u,nd  2"  deep  respectively.  In  the  meantime  the 
nurseries  were  prepared  on  virgin  soil — well  dug  and 
forked  several  times  to  the  depth  of  13”’.  On 
G'niistmas  day  I began  transplanting  to  the  nursery, 
and  up  to  date  have  put  out  38,UO0  plants,  ail  of 
which  are  coming  through  splendidly  w'lth  the  ex- 
ception of  the  first  bed,  over  which  I erected  the 
old-fashioned  pandai.  Gu  the  two  next  I put  a 
layer  of  thatching  grass  on  the  ground,  and  these 
are  doing  fairly  well  ; hut  on  the  remaining  bed  I 
put  layers  of  orainary  bracken  fern  and  in  which 
there  is  hardly  a failure.  Tins  may  be  of  interest 
to  your  reauers.  The  germinated  seed  was  planted 
1 to  li  below  the  surface  and  has  been  regularly 
watered.  I may  add  that  I am  still  planting,  and 
fancy  I have  another  .5—7,000  plants  in  iho  ge.mi- 
natmg  bed.  This  is  the  largest  number  of  plants  I 
have  ever  put  out  from  a similar  quauticy  ofsoed,  aud 
if  the  quality  is  ciiual  to  tue  ‘ iiauima  ” leaveS  I 
bought  from,  i think  most  planters  wul  agree  with 
mo  tnat,  togolhor  witli  the  quantity,  the  success 
of  the  seed  is  exceptional.’— Efcidm'/  O/'inion, 
April  U. 
Kh.VNti  ANII  IT.S  COl'f'EE  LAND  is  tlic  title  of 
an  extract  winch  we  gi\e  in  aiiuilier  eoliinin 
tioiii  tlie  Free  I'rcss  being  a q notation 
from  tiie  leport  of  tiie  GoveinmenL  olticer 
of  Klaiig  regiirding  tlie  aliamioniueni  of  otlee 
land  in  that  tliMricl  by  Ceylon  plaiiter.s. 
OKAXon  Giiowixo  is  being  ahunuoned  on  the 
peiiiusuia  of  lower  Giililorma,  and  the  orchara.sLs 
iue  cuuing  oov.n  the  trees  and  planting  the  land 
with  collec,  couon  aud  sugar  cane.  Tlie  low  puces 
ohia.ueu  lor  oiauges  lately  grown  on  the  i-eu.mma 
have  discooiageu  tlie  giowers,  aud  they  helieie 
more  prolits  will  be  derived  from  the  other  pic» 
ducts,  especially  cotton,  which  giows  will. — Amtricaii 
Oiocer,  April  1. 
'•  Tun  LLVLox  EounsTiiii  ”'  f;.r  April  has  the  fol- 
lowing Genteiits  ; — Gey  ion  Forest  Law;  Forestry  in 
Aucieiu  Tunes;  Climatic  Influence  of  Forests;  M ood 
Preserving  in  Switzerland;  Tne  Cccciaae  of  Geyion; 
Notes  oil  ITets  aiui  Fiains  used  lor  Drugs,  Lyes, 
etc.  in  Uie  a.G.P.;  Boi,anical  Notes  on  Trees;  Go- 
veiuiuent  " Gazerie  ””  Notificatious;  Ktsult  of  the 
Auction  Sale  ot  Ebony  helu  at  the  Geniml  Timber 
Depot  oil  lotn  MalCh  i89(). 
T Hat  CrtKaNELLA  Gin. — The  kerosenated  citiouella 
oil  has  begun  t J h.iuiit  ilie  public  drug' auctions,  where 
It  threatens  to  become  a i'lcquent  vis. tor.  'T’ne  first 
batch  lejected  hy  Messrs.  Dolueier  A Co.,  consist- 
ing of  four  uiTiins,  imiikcd  P it  C,  was  placed  in  sale 
today.  It  was  caiaiogueci  as  “ mixed  citiouella  oil,  ” 
aim  the  bioker  declared  that  it  contaiuon  from  40 
to  12  per  cent  ol  kerosene.  He  was  thereupon  sub- 
jected to  several  ehalnng  inquiries  as  to  whether  this 
was  a "sale  by  sample,"  whether  he  gual’auteed 
the  genuineness  of  tlie  keioscue,  whetner  he  was 
oifeimg  the  oil  as  citixiiella  or  as  ke.oseiie,  auu  so 
fOiih.  No  Ooe  inaue  it  bid,  and  the  lot  was  “ bought 
in.”' — Chemist  and  hnitjijcst , April  18. 
Plaxttxo  in  13.  N.  LoiiNKO. — The  L'ritish  North 
Jjoruiu  Jitrald  ot  1st  April  says: — We  hear  irom 
the  Gonuuisioner  of  Lauds,  who  visaed  the  liyte 
Estate  on  the  ‘23ra  Maieh,  that  a very  lioavy  blossom 
was  then  on  tlie  coffee  trees  wh.ch  promise  a liea\y 
crop  during  the  next  tv\el\e  montlis.  We  hear  that 
Tek  yeng  has  opened  100  acres  of  laud  for  coffee,  Ac., 
and  has  planted  37,000  coffee  tiees  aud  2,000  coconuts 
aud  other  fruit  trees  aud  hopes  to  open  more  laud 
tliis  year  for  wiiich  he  has  prepared  niiiseiits. 
lie  compKiiib'  of  the  waut  ot  communication 
and  says  that  he  has  already  damaged  some  rico 
by  taking  it  by  sea  when  the  weather  was  bad. 
When  the  road  to  the  iiyte  is  opened  it  will  iiiu^ 
along  the  boundary  of  Tek  fSeng's  land,  after  passing 
through  tlm  clearings  planted  by  Mr.  Prycr  and  the 
Tiauiug  & Planting  Co.  The  want  of  roads  has 
perhaps  been  one  reason  why  the  Sandakaii  penin- 
sula has  been  so  little  cultivated. 
South  W vnaad  Seasons. — For  the  benefit  of  our 
Ceylon  xeaueis  wc  insert  the  following  tables  of  the 
year’s  crop  ol  tlio  PeriiidoUay'  estate  uriginal  y sent 
to  the  AJudros  JIuil.  The  jat,  it  must  bo  remem- 
bered, has  been  pronounced  by  a well-known  Ceylon 
man,  Mr.  William  Taylor,  as  one  of  the  worst  he 
has  ever  seen.  The  ouUurn  was  59,5130  lb.  more 
than  that  of  the  preceding  y eat  . and  as  there  are 
175  acres  in  bearing,  the  yield  worlis  out  to  just 
over  500  lb.  jier  acre: — 
1895  April  . . 
1.983  lb. 
IMay 
. . 10,101  ., 
Juno 
. . 7,432  „ 
July- 
. . 8,863  „ 
August  . . 
9,660  ., 
September 
. . 11,018  „ 
October 
. . 13,318  „ 
November 
9,050  ., 
Decern  be  I- 
. . 7,831 
1893  Jai  nary 
. . 5,810  ,, 
February 
. . 3,646  ., 
Mareii  . . 
Nil  ■ 
88,742  lb. 
While  on  the  Wynaad.  w'c  would  draw  attention  to 
the  first  sale  (>f  tea  from  the  Chanuiibadi  Distiict, 
Ka  ainOyle  Estate,  reeorded  iu  our  Market  Supple- 
ment as  having  obtiuiiod  the  excellent  averngo  of 
lOL  pci'  1*^' — Fhvdiwj  Oiniiioii,  April  11. 
