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 30 



V. NATURE OF JUNGLE ........ 33 



VI. WATER AND SANITATION 34 



VII. LAY OF LAND 36 



VIII. LAYING OUT A GARDEN . . . . . . . .41 



IX. VARIETIES OF THE TEA-PLANT 46 



X. TEA SEED 53 



XL COMPARISON BETWEEN SOWING IN NURSERIES AND IN SITU . 56 

 XII. SOWING SEED IN SITU, ID EST, AT STAKE . . . .58 



XIII. NURSERIES 61 



XIV. MANURE. d6 



XV. DISTANCES APART TO PLANT TEA -BUSHES . . . .70 



XVI. MAKING A GARDEN , 72 



XVII. TRANSPLANTING 75 



XVIII. CULTIVATION OF MADE GARDEN s . . . . . .79 



XIX. PRUNING 84 



XX. WHITE ANTS, CRICKETS, AND BLIGHT . . v . . .87 



XXI. FILLING UP VACANCIES . .90 



XXII. FLUSHING AND NUMBER OF FLUSHES 95 



XXIII. LEAF-PICKING 100 



XXIV. MANUFACTURE. MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES . . .107 



