[ fot, X V. containi ng Numbers I. to XT/.) 

 'Step nftur »tfp the ladder is ascended."— GBObGB Hbrbekt, Jacuia Prudwtum. 



THE 



TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST: 



A 



MONTHLY RECORD OF INFORMATION 



FOR 



PLANTERS 



OF 



Tea, Coffee, Cacao, Cinchona, Sugar, Rubbers, Tobacco, Palms, Spices, Rice, 



AND OTHER PRODUCTS 

 SUITED FOK CULTIVATION IN THE TROPICS, 



[ISSUED ON OK ABOUT THE 1ST OF EACH MONTH.] 



COMPILED BY UBRARY 



A. M. & J. FEKGUSON NEW YORK 



BOTANICAL 



of the '-Cry/on Observer." llAliDHN. 



•' It is both the duty and interest of every owner and cultivator of the soil to study the best means of rendering that 

 soil subservient to hi* own and the general wants of the community; and he who introduces, beneficially, a new and useful Seed, 

 ftant or Shrub into his district, is a blessing and an honour to his country."— Sir J. Sinclair. 



A. M. & J. FERGUSON: COLOMBO, CEYLON. 



And Sold by — London: TuiiiiNER & Co., 57 & 59, Ludgate Hill; Haddon & Co., 3, Bouverie St., Fleet St., E.G.; 

 Geo. Street k Co., 30, Coruhil! ; Hutchison k Co., 4, Guildhall Chandlers ; F. Algar, 11 & 12, Clement's Lane, Lombard St.; 

 Bates, Hendy & Co., 37, \Valbrook; CowiE k Co., 17, Gresham St.; Gordon & Gotch, St. Bride St., Ludgate Circus; 

 May k Co., 78, Gracechurch St. ; Clark, Son k 1'latt, 85, Gracechurch St.; W. H. Smith k Co., Strand ; S. Deacon & Co., 

 150, Leadenhall St. ; T. Christy k Co., 155, Fenchurch St., E.C. ; W. B. Whitttngham & Co. ; 19, Gracechurch Street ; 

 K. Anderson & Co., 14, Oockspur Street, Charing Cross. — Cambridge: Dioby & Co. — Manchester: Pickles k Browne, 

 25, Cathedral Yard.— Liverpool: Ohas. Birchall, 32, Castle St.— Glasgow: Vf.k R. Macphun. — Edinburgh: W. k A. 

 K. Johnston. — Dundee : Sinclair & Dawson, " The Corner." — Aberdeen. W. AVestlantj, 53, S. Nicholas St. — Paris: Agence 

 Havas. — Madras : Higginbotham & Oo. — Nilgiri and Wynaad Districts : Stanes k Co., Coimbatore. — Calcutta: Thackeb, 

 Spink & Co. — Bombay: Thacker k Co., Ld — Rangoon: Solomon k Co. — Penang: Blaze', Reidel & Oo. — Singapore: J. 

 Little & Co. — Batavia: John Phyck k Co., and G. Kolkk k Co. — Surabaya: Thos. 0. "Wilson k Co. — Samarang : 

 Manual & Co.— Deli, Sumatra: W. L. Van OuYLKKBimG. — Saigon : Fleith & Laplace. — Hongkong: Kelly & Co. — 

 Shanghai: China and Japan Trading Company.— Natal : Robinson & Vause, Durban. — Mauritius: CW. Hall. Port 

 Louis. — Melbourne, Sydney and Jlrisbane: Gordon k Gotch. — Sydney: Wm, Maddock. Adelaide: Cawthorn & Co. — 

 Northern Queensland: W. Hopkins, Rockhampton.— Perth, II'. Australia: Stirling & Sons. — New Zealand : Colonial 

 News Agency, Napier. — Piji: Ahthi'r Stephens. — West Indies, St. Thomas: 0. H. Caldkron. — Dominica: "Dominica 

 Dial" Office. — Jiritish Guiana: "Royal Gazette" Office. — Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Lombaeuts k Co.. 7, Rua dos 

 Ourives; A. J. Lamoureix, "Bio News" Office. — Central America: Jamfs Boyd, Panama. — Guatemala: W.J Forsyth. — 

 United States: S. M. rETTiNGir.i. & Oo., 263, Broadway; J. M. Herd, 261, Broadway, New York; H. Hup.bard, New- 

 Haven, Conn.; E. S. Morris, Philadelphia; L. P. Fisher, 21, Merchant's Enchange, California Street, San Francisco; 

 Geo. Ellis, New Orleans; AsHMEAD Brothers, Jacksonville, Florida ; Phillips k Carew, Atlanta, Ga.; Stott k Thatee, 

 Los Angelos, Cal. 



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