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Ageiculture — By J. C. White, c.e. : — 



Different kinds of rice enumerated 



Other crops enumerated .... 



Mode of brewing niarica (chang), a kind of beer 



Spices 



Tea 



Cultivated fruits 



Cultivated vegetables .... 



Jungle products used for food . 



Fibres 



Land measurement 



Cattle 



Wages and prices 



Vegetation — By J. Gammie : — 



Its description according to Sir J. D. Hooker 



Flowering plants and ferns 



Orchids 



Palms 



Bamboos . 



Ehododendrons 



Primulas . 



Herbaceous plants 



Climbing plants 



Trees of the "tropical zone 



Figs . . 



Nettles 



Jungly fruits, &c., eaten by Lepchas 



Cultivated crops of the Lepchas 



Vegetation of Temperate and 

 Gammie : — 

 Definition of Alpine and Temperate regions 

 Ai'boreal and shrubby vegetation 

 Lilium giganteum 

 Fern Osmunda Claytoniana 

 Woodwardia radicans 

 Peach, apricot, and crab-apple . 

 Agricultiu'e not pursued in earnest by the people 

 The Alpine region 



Alpine-Sikhim — By G. A 



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