PREFACE. vii. 



pointed out, the honor will be due to him alone ; it 

 will be the fruit of the seed he has sown. 



The second part of this book, which treats ex- 

 clusively on the " Rational Culture of the Staple 

 Products of India/' is a digest of most that is known 

 about them. Reports to Government, and scraps of 

 information found scattered throughout the volumes 

 of the Agricultural Gazette of India, have been 

 very useful to me in compiling this portion. 



EUGENE C. SCHROTTKY. 

 BOMBAY, July 1876. 



