Illustrated. 8vo. IDS. 6d. net. 



SPICES 



By HENRY N. RIDLEY 



M.A., C.M.G., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



Director of Botanic Gardens, Straits Settlements. 



TV/TR. RIDLEY'S book is a practical work intended 

 for the use of planters in all parts of the world. 

 In it the reader will learn about the soils suited for the 

 various spices, the diseases from which the plants suffer, 

 the most efficacious insecticides and fungicides, the 

 different kinds of manure to be used, and indeed every- 

 thing connected with this branch of agriculture. 



CONTENTS 



CHAP. CHAP. 



I. INTRODUCTION. IX. LONG PEPPER, GRAINS OF 



II. VANILLA. PARADISE. 



III. NUTMEGS AND MACE. x - CARDAMOMS. 



IV CLOVES X *' CAPSICUMS OR CHILIES. 



V. PIMENTO OR ALLSPICE, XIL CORIANDER, DILL, CUMIN. 



VI. CINNAMON. XIIL GINGER. 



VII. CASSIA BARK, MASSOI XIV - TURMERIC, ZEDOARY, 



JJ^ RK GALANGAL, AND CALA- 

 MUS ROOT. 

 VIII. BLACK PEPPERS. 



APPENDIX. INDEX. 



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