. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. IX. No. 224. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 379. A IIAXDBOOK OF TROPICAL (UKDEXINO ANDPLAXTIXO. By H. F. Macinilkn, , H. W. Cave d- Co., Amen Corner, Colombo, Ceylon. lOs. Qd. This book, which deals especially with the conditions surrounding gardening in Ceylon, is the work of the Curator of the Koyal Botanic f Jardens at Feradeniya, and this fact should be sufficient to arouse expectations as to its usefulness which, it may be said at once, are justified on its perusal. The matter with which it deals
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. IX. No. 224. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 379. A IIAXDBOOK OF TROPICAL (UKDEXINO ANDPLAXTIXO. By H. F. Macinilkn, , H. W. Cave d- Co., Amen Corner, Colombo, Ceylon. lOs. Qd. This book, which deals especially with the conditions surrounding gardening in Ceylon, is the work of the Curator of the Koyal Botanic f Jardens at Feradeniya, and this fact should be sufficient to arouse expectations as to its usefulness which, it may be said at once, are justified on its perusal. The matter with which it deals is contained iu four sections. The first of these includes nine chapters, of which six are con- cerned with the life-history of garden plants, especially in relation to their surroundings and propagation: the last three chapters in the section deal more particularly with the cultiva- tion of such plants for special purposes, and with the implements that are employed in this. The five chapters of the second section give an account of tropical and sub-tropical fruits and vegetables as well as spices of the tropics, condiments and seasoning herbs. Cha[)ters XV to X.\I form the substance of Section III, which gives an account of plants of special kinds, and for particular situations, whether for use or for ornament. The remaining chapt'jrs, of which there are eleven, constitute Section IV. The first two of these deal with the standard and minor products of Ceylon; miscellan- eous garden plants, perfume-yielding plants and others which are useful such as ]iasture, grazing and fodder plants, receive attention in the next three chapters. These are followed by a similar number of chapters, which treat of the enemies and friends of the garden and estate, the former including weeds, insecfand other animal , and fungus diseases. Finall}', three chapters are devoted to the transport, packing and storing of planting material; various statistics for practi- cal work; recipes f
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