CLIMATE. The climate of Cuba on the coast is extremely equable, hut less so inland. The aver age temperatures for ,Tanuary vary from 72° F. at the north, to 75° F. at the south, and the July temperatures average about 82° F.; the coast temperatures seldom exceed 90° F. in summer, nor go below 65° F. in winter. In the mountain regions, however, the temperature goes lower than 50°. The rainfall is excessive in the north eastern section, reaching over WO inches in some places; at Ifavana it is over 50 inches; the south ern coast region has, however, much less rainfall. The chief ra.iny season is in summer, but rain falls throughout the year. The prevailing winds are the Trades, from the northeast. Cuba lies within the path of the West Indian hurricanes, which are liable to occur during August, Sep tember, and October. The unhealthful conditions formerly prevalent were largely due to the ab sence of sanitary precautions. Yellow fever. the local scourge. was an annual epidemic. Shim 1901, however, the energetic administration by the military authorities of the sanitary measures recommended by a commission of American sci entists lets resulted in yellow fever being con fined to a few isolated cases. See HAVANA YEL
LOW FEVER.
Froa.k. The vegetation of Cuba is tropical in its species and luxuriance, although, strangely enough, trees usually found only in colder cli mates are also found even in the Cuban lowlands. Thus, the pine grows side by side with the ma hogany tree. Palms are plentiful. The majuga, with its fibrous bark and beautiful hard-wood trunk, and the granadillo, the haria, Cuban eb ony, lignuni vitie, Cuban cedar, Cuban mahogany, the :walla, jiqui, cottonwood, logwood, rosewood, and the odd are all indigenous. Among the economic fruit and vegetable products may be mentioned the banana, cocoanut, pineapple, orange, lemon, lime, fig, date, tamarind, mango, guava, zabote. pomegranate, anona, melon, bean, cassava, and sweet potato.