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I regret much that its accomplished author resists the solicitations of his friends, and declines to bring out a fresh edition of one of the most complete monographs of a colony which I have yet seen. {290} See Mr Keenan's Report, and other papers, printed by order of the House of Commons, 10th August 1870. {291} See Papers on the State of Education in Trinidad, p.
137 et seq. {297a} Mr.Keenan's Report, pp.
63-67. {297b} Dr.De Verteuil's Trinidad. {311a} Lucuma mammosa. {311b} Chrysophyllum cainito. {311c} Persea gratassima. {311d} Sapota achras. {311e} Jambosa malaccensis, and vulgaris. {311f} Anona squamosa. {311g} Psidium Guava. {311h} Musa paradisiaca. {312a} M.sapientum. {312b} I owe these curious facts, and specimens of the seeds, to the courtesy of Dr.King, of the Bengal Army.
The seeds are now in the hands of Dr.Hooker, at Kew. {313a} Janipha Manihot. {313b} Cajanus Indicus. {313c} Dioscorea. {313d} Maranta. {313e} Coix lacryma. {313f} Xanthosoma. {313g} Ipomaea Batatas {313h} Jatropha multifida. {313i} Canna. {314a} Arachis hypogaea. {314b} Abelmoschus esculentus. {314c} Passiflora. {314d} Canavalia. {314e} Libidibia coriacea, now largely imported into Liverpool for tanning. {314f} Erythrina corallodendron. {314g} Abrus precatorius. {314h} Dracaena terminalis. {318a} Directions for preparing it may be found in the catalogue of contributions from British Guiana to the International Exhibition of 1862.
Preface, pp.lix.
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