Grenada July, [1891] botanical specimens on the island for sometime for the joint Comm of the R. I. Brit. Assoc.? Schering was very pleased to meet me as I am one of the Secretarys of the Cam? The T.D and Ellis had a long botanical jaw. Scherring has been doing good work in the islands. She has been all over the mountains and ascended the highest peaks. He tells me that Herbert Smith, who he has been employed in the fauna is one of the finest collectors he has met with. After alims we got to see the nutmeg plantation in which are some of the largest trees in the island and perhaps in the world. One tree gave one year when the price of nutmegs was high more than £35 sterling prof?i Schorts bought the place for £10, 000 it is Mahim only 70 acres, but is already gives a revenue of at least £200 a year. The oldest nutmeg trees are on a boat steep Slope below the ground and they are fully 60 feet high. The trunks run up for 30 feet without a branchy and the mass fall to the ground and are picked up several times, adoz. Baltic trunks are hypemophylla one here and there in the roots. He saws a fruit; Helen is the shell being banded with pink colors. There was also along tree of the Surinam nutmeg- on the plantation and it has small nuts but with no aromatic flavour. Mr. Ellist with his capless clipped Grenada. 17 May, 1891 off a piece of wood from a long log on the ground She asked me to smell it if I say what it was. The wood had a pungent coniferaceous odour and I said smell it is not Hemphi wood and she said that it was. Large tree had been cut down the only own in the island and this fine log was rolling on the ground. A few of the wood had been sawn into boards to make a cabinet for Mr Schools. After a good rest we rode out to Grants Town and the five miles long got to the mountain plateau on which is the first lake called the Indian Etang. This lake is a good sized one, and a fine view of it is got from the back of the posthouse - a house built by the govt for the con- venience of travellers. There is a bedroom in which we found Schering impeding to his ears praying this. Mons spent night her with Schering, and I noticed his name in the Visitors book. The vegetation on a good deal like that of Dominica a little more Landel. A palm tree (1) montana, and Heliconias, fern abundant and fumes were plentiful. There is not much difference as regards the trees in the mountain vegetation of most of the islands with an abundant rainfall. The men in charge of the post house is all sorts to sell