Contents. xix 



PACE 



plants General mean height Suckers Time for 

 topping Method Handling Objects of primary 

 branches Secondaries Open centres Early 

 handling Pruning Form of plant described by 

 Laborie General objects to be kept in view Single 

 branches Suppression of unnecessary growth 

 Maiden crop Knife pruning first season Next 

 year's wood Tertiary branches Criterion of good 

 pruning Regular handling, easy pruning Women 

 and children Pruning neglected trees Gradual 

 reclamation Violent treatment Heavy pruning 

 Opening out thickets Primaries not to be cut 

 Care and intelligence indispensable . . . .222 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Manuring Its necessity early recognized The objects 

 of Chemical constituents of plants Mucilaginous 

 and fatty fluids Decomposition Liebig's theory 

 Organic matter Analysis of West Indian Coffee 

 Mineral constituents Analysis of Ceylon plan- 

 tation Combustible constituents Cattle dung 

 Duration of effects Mr. Wilson's opinion Sir 

 Humphrey Davy on fermentation English farmers 

 view Method of making liquid manure Dr. 

 Shortt's suggestion Method with pigs Another 

 plan Economizing transit with bulky manures 

 Cultivating grass Putting out On flat land On 

 slopes Old method Green vegetation Woody 

 fibres Dead animals Coffee pulp Poonac 

 Bones Castor-oil cake Guano Wood ashes 

 Lime Sulphate of ammonia Mana grass Ground 

 thatching Ceylon Prize Essays (1875) . . .238 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



Diseases incident to plants Classification by Tourne- 

 fort Enemies of coffee Bug The black bug 



