AGRICULTURE 
AND 
CEOWN Xj .A. IN’ D S 
ANNUAL REPORT 
1 91 4 . 
EXPENDITURE, RECEIPTS, SALE OF PLANTS. 
Rs c. 
Sale of produce 
Royalty on Guano 
Export duty on Guano 
1,548 99 
17,767 07 
18,607 00 
Total Rs ... U v Lio- V/O 
Total Expenditure under Agriculture and 
Crown Lands ... ... Bs ... 12,776 65 
A'nong the principal seeds and plants sold in 1911 the following 
may be mentioned :— 
Cymbopogon nardus (Ceylon citronella) 
Cymbopogon flexuosus (Cochin lemon grass) 
Cymbopogon citratus (Ceylon lemon grass) 
Albizzia moluccana 
Cassuarina equisetifolia 
Coffea robusta 
Coffea canephora 
Dendrocalamus gigantea (giant bamboo) 
Eleis guineensis (Palm oil) 
Ipomea Batatas (W. Indian Varieties) 
Saccharum officinarum (sugar cane seedlings from 
Mauritius) 
Mentha piperita (Peppermint) 
Mucuna atropurpurea (velvet beans) 
Clove, cinnamon bark and leaves were also sold coming 1 
from the Crown Lands Niol and Capucin to the amount of 
Rs 233.41. Small cinnamon trees were trimmed for the sale 
of their leaves and care was taken that the top shoots should 
be left untouched to ensure their healthy growth. They suf¬ 
fered but little and 6 months after pruning there are no signs 
of their leaves having been gathered. Cinnamon trees are be-, 
coming scarce in the Colony and to ensure their being 
propagated by birds, which is done mostly by the common, 
mynah (Acridotheres tristis), and the fruit pigeon care was 
also taken to prevent the large seed bearing trees from being 
touched. The smaller trees were trimmed from July to October, 
i.e., after the flowering and seed bearing season was over. 
Among the economic, plants introduced , the following are 
recorded 
1. Mentha piperita. (Peppermint seeds from Italy). The 
seeds germinated well and the plants were easily propagated 
from cuttings. Both the white and black peppermints have 
been obtained from the seeds. 
2. Soft kernel palm oil (Eleis guineensis). With much 
difficulty these interesting palms were successfully iutroduci 
from the Cameroons through the instrumentality of His Excel¬ 
lency the Governor of Southern Nigeria. The seeds did not 
germinate before September, i. e., 9 months after sowing, and 
some of them are still growing. About 100 seedlings have been, 
obtained. 
3. Cohune nut palm (Attalea Cobune) was introduced 
from Trinidad in June and 12 seedlings were obtained in. 
December. 
