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miles, and there are nurseries with thousands of 
young plants, such as cocoa, coffee, rubber, spice, 
sarsaparilla, and many others. 
10 . Kingston Parade Garden is the public pleasure- 
garden of Kingston, and it is made lovely with rare 
trees, flowering-plants, and fountains. 
Around the residence of the Governor are the 
King’s House Gardens and grounds, in which many 
fine palms and other plants may be seen. 
n. We find, then, that the Department of Public 
Gardens and Plantations does something more than 
help forward the agriculture of the country. It 
also beautifies and maintains in order places which 
people may visit with great enjoyment, and in 
which they are able to learn something about the 
wonders of the vegetable kingdom. 
12 . One other plantation has to be mentioned to 
make the list complete. It covers the narrow bank 
of sand, 5 miles long, which incloses Kingston 
Harbour, and is known as the Palisadoes. On it 
about 23,000 cocoa-nut palms are growing. 
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i. Any man may be proud to wear the scarlet 
jacket, white turban, and loose breeches, which 
form the dress of a soldier of the West India Regi- 
ment. The history of what this gallant regiment 
