CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. PAST AND PRESENT FINANCIAL PROSPECT OF TEA ... i 



II. LABOUR, LOCAL AND IMPORTED 10 



III. TEA DISTRICTS AND THEIR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES. 



CLIMATE, SOIL, &c., IN EACH 13 



IV. SOIL 31 



V. NATURE OF JUNGLE 34 



VI. WATER AND SANITATION 35 



VII. LAY OF LAND .......... 37 



VIII. LAYING OUT A GARDEN .42 



IX. VARIETIES OF THE TEA PLANT 47 



X. TEA SEED 54 



XI. COMPARISON BETWEEN SOWING IN NURSERIES AND IN SITU . 57 

 XII. SOWING SEED IN SITU, ID EST, AT STAKE .... 59 



XIII. NURSERIES 62 



XIV. MANURE 67 



XV. DISTANCES APART TO PLANT TEA-BUSHES . . . 71 



XVI. MAKING A GARDEN 73 



XVII. TRANSPLANTING 76 



XVIII. CULTIVATION OF MADE GARDENS 81 



XIX. PRUNING 86 



XX. WHITE ANTS, CRICKETS, AND BLIGHT 89 



XXI. FILLING UP VACANCIES 92 



XXII. FLUSHING AND NUMBER OF FLUSHES .... 97 



XXIII. LEAF-PICKING 102 



XXIV. MANUFACTURE. MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES . . . 109 



