CONTENTS. 



Past and Present of the Cotton Trade, and Future Prospects, 13 

 Cotton Planters Meeting at Leon. ..... 25 



Cotton Planting in East Indies, ...... 34 



lleview of the Rice Trade, 43 



Letters of Gentlemen to the Author, and Editorial Remarks, 48 

 Prospectus for Introduction of Tea Plant, etc., and List of 



Subscribers thereto, ....... 59 



Tea Plant Cultivation, Statistics, Trade Soil and Climate 



of America and China compared, . . . . .65 

 Temperature of America and China compared, , . .68 

 Expense of Cultivating and Manufacturing Tea in Assam, . 69 

 Expense of Cultivating and Manufacturing Tea in Tartar 



Country, 72 



Probable Expense of 100 acres in America, and Returns, . 73 

 Expense of Cultivating and Manufacturing Tea in China, . 80 

 State of the Assamese, . . . . . . .81 



State of the Tartars or Singphoos, . . . . .84 



Cultivation of Tea in Different Countries, . . . .85 



Cause of the Author s Retirement from Tea Planting, . . 87 

 Kinds of Tea Plants in Different Countries, . . . .97 



Difficulty of getting good Tea Seeds from China, . . .102 

 Geographical Extent of Tea Cultivation in China, . .104 



