262 Coffee Planting. 



field of coffee in a blaze, as has indeed occasionally 

 happened. 



As space will not admit of my entering more at 

 large into this very important branch of my sub- 

 ject, I must refer the reader to those brochures on 

 manuring which have of late been written by some 

 of the Ceylon planters, under the auspices and in 

 response to the invitation of their Association, and 

 more particularly to the Prize Essay by Mr. Grigson 

 (1875), which, I have been informed (not having 

 myself had an opportunity of reading it), carries off 

 the palm for completeness and practical excellence. 



