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426 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Dxc., 1902. 
July, 1901. Frosts were, however, experienced in the district in many places, and 
some damage was done to tropical plants during that month. 
The trouble mentioned in last report with regard to the overcrowding of trees 
that have been planted too closely is still experienced, and some discriminate thinning 
out has been necessary in consequence. The general growth of the trees and shrubs 
has been good, and the condition of the Nursery better than it has ever been. The 
field work has been heavy, and several works, in the way of repairs to the permanent 
improvements that were necessary, have been carried out by local labour. 
Applications received for plants and seed, &c., have been numerous, and consign- 
ments sent to all parts of the State, Fiji, Samoa, New Guinea, Ceylon, and the 
Southern States. 
The following shows the totals distributed in this manner :— 
Seed. ewt. 0 qr. 11 Lb. 64 oz. 
Plants. —2,363. 
Cuttings.—1,192. 
Rhizomes.—1 ewt. 10 lb. 
Bulbs and suckers.—266. 
Cane (plants only).—1 ton 4 ewt. 2 qr. 23 lb. 
Grass roots (mainly Paspalum dilatatum).—5,480. 
Various.—Fruit, several cases; ferns, 1 crate; divi divi pods, 1 bag (80 lb.): 
green tea leaves, 2 lb. 
Besides these consignments, a good stock of seed is on hand for later distribution, 
The correspondence has again been a heavy item, and the number of distributions and 
items of diaair en postages, &e., having to be given in detail each month, 
have necessitated lengthy and somewhat voluminous monthly returns and accounts. 
The incoming letters (for the eleven months amounted to 540, and the outgoing to 
680, The items of distributions requiring entry and re-entry numbered well over 
1,600, or an average of nearly 150 a month. 
The fields of the original Nursery, nine in number, and the new field opened last 
year are utilised as follows :— 
field 1, Sec. —Citrus fruit trees, palms, Ceara and Assam rubber trees, tea, 
cocoa, coffer, and kola-nut trees, and other varieties of economic trees and plants. 
This field is one of the best in the Nursery, but may now be said to be completed 
in so far that, being temporarily planted up with trees, no land is available for further 
cultivation; experiments on such areas being almost entirely confined to tapping, or 
crop gathering and treatment. 
Field 1s (a small cor:.er piece).—Contains Manila hemp and eight other varieties 
of the Musa family. 
Fie/d 2, Sec. IT—On which the cottage and office buildings stand, is also 
permanently planted up with various fruit and other trees and plants, among them the 
tamarind, Fijian almond, cassava, cotton, castor oil, &c. 
Field 2a is divided up into nursery beds for fruit, shade and timber trees, fibres, 
and other seedlings. 
Field 3, Sec. I.— On which the germinating-house and meteorological instruments 
stand, is occupied by mangoes, varieties of custard apples, fibres, and citrus trees, 
Queensland arrowroot, granadillas, and chokos—the latter on frames. 
A portion of this block is also under grass in stools, mostly Paspalum dilatatum. 
Only a small portion is ordinarily utilised for constant work, and is then occupied with 
such temp.rary plants as tobacco, herbs, certain vegetables, beans, &c. 
field 1, Sec. L£—In this field a new footpath 4 feet wide has been put in, 
cutting off the portion shaded by the large trees in the main avenue, and therefore 
useless for field experiments. The area thus cut off is being tried under Paspalum 
platicula and other grasses. Lither side of the footpath has been planted with 
varieties of palms. The rest of this field, which was under green manure last season, 
has been occupied with the new American varieties of inaize, sorghum, millets, &c. 
There are also vi-apple and breadfruit-trees permanently planted on the borders. 
Field 2, Sec. IT.—Of this field, on which the stables and bushhouses stand, 
about one-half is permanently plated up with Para and Central American rubber-trees 
and eight varieties of breadfruit from Samoa. The temporary cultivation consists of 
varieties of sweet potatoes, Bermuda arrowroot, and cow-peas. Planted along the 
borders are divi divi-trees and bastard sago palms. 
field 3, Sec. If. is the poorest and most stony field in the Nursery, and is again 
this year under beans and cow-peas. 
