APPENDIX 



BOOKS AND PERIODICALS DEALING WITH TROPICAL 

 AGRICULTURE 



THERE is a large mass of literature dealing with the general 

 field of tropical agriculture or with special phases of this subject. 

 It is perhaps desirable to give a brief list containing some of the 

 more important of these books, particularly for reference purposes 

 on the general subjects, or on particular countries or special phases 

 of tropical agriculture. As will appear in consulting the lists of 

 books and periodicals given below, the English, French, and Dutch 

 have contributed most largely to this subject. 



REFERENCE BOOKS RELATING TO TROPICAL AGRICULTURE 



Adams, F. U. 



Conquest of the Tropics. Under this title the author has pre- 

 sented a general treatise on the banana industry, with espe- 

 cial reference to the part which the United Fruit Company 

 has played in the development of the banana business. 

 (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1914.) 

 Bel fort, R., and Hoyer, A. J. 



All about Coconuts. The authors have presented perhaps the 

 best general account of the coconut, with particular refer- 

 ence to the increasing and new industrial uses of coconuts. 

 (London: St. Catherine Press, 1914.) 

 Boery, P. 



Les plantes oleagineuses. The author gives an account of the 

 oils obtained from coconut, olive, palm, peanut, castor bean, 

 sesame, poppy, and other oil plants, particularly from the 

 viewpoint of the technical utilization of these products. 

 (Paris: Petite bibliotheque scientifique, 1888.) 

 Brannt, W. T. 



India Rubber, Gutta-percha, and Batata. The volume is es- 

 sentially a treatise on the botany, cultivation, and impor- 

 tance of these products, and deals with their industrial 

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