iv PREFACE. 
of a profitable business,—and at the same time they may be 
suggestive to inventors, in the way of making improvements 
thereon. This information is given, as far as possible, up to date. 
To another class of readers residing in our Colonies some hints 
are given as to the profitable nature of the cultivation of certain 
drug-producing plants. The Government of Victoria has recently 
called attention to this subject, money awards amounting to 
£25,000 having been voted to pioneers of certain agricultural 
industries, of which Flower-farming of this description is one*. 
The author is still engaged upon studies in this department, 
and hopes to publish another volume in due course. 
* Report No. 2, Royal Commission on Vegetable Products of Victoria. Mel- 
bourne, 1892. 
