INTRODUCTORY NOTE. 



LIBRARY 

 NEW YORK 

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In dosiug tlie Second Yolnrnc of the "TRoncAL Agricilti'HISt," we h:,ve to diiect 

 iittenfiou to the increased nmouut of useful iufoimiitioii i.ft'oided. mid to tlie great viiriet}' of topics 

 treated. Fioin mouth to mouth we have eudeavouied to lay befoie our readers the latest results 

 of practical experience and scientific teachius iu all that concerns tropical agriculture : and our 

 ambitiou has been to make this periodical not only indis4)ensable to the ])Ianter but of service 

 to business men and ca])italists, never foigettiug that agrictilture trenches upon every department 

 of human knowledge and science, besides being the basis of all human wealth. While directing 

 our attention chiefly to the products most prominently menlioned on our title-page, we have 

 never omitted to notice minor industries likely to fit in with tropical conditions; and our readers 

 have an ample guarantee in the pages befoie them that, in the futuri', no pains will be spared 

 to bring together all available information both fium tlii' AVest and East, the same being txamii.ed iu 

 the light of the teachings of common sense as well as of prolouf^ed trojjical expei'ience in this 

 the leading Cro-nn and Planting Colony of the British F,mi)iie. A full and accurate Index affoicN the 

 means of ready reference to eveiy subject tn'at(d in this second volume nhieh we now place 

 ia our subscribers' hands. 



A. .\1. \- J. FRRGU.SON. 



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