Xll PREFACE. 



" Botany of the Himalayan Mountains ; " and in 

 his "Productive Resources of India." It would 

 be unjust to this able and scientific author to say 

 that I had derived no assistance from these valu- 

 able works. 



For the translation of Mr. Jacobson's treatise, 

 written in the Dutch language, I am indebted to Mr. 

 Bruggermeyer, principal clerk to Messrs. Hofman 

 and Schenk of the city of London. This work was 

 published at Batavia in 1843 in three volumes. 

 The first is an epitome of the other two. It is now 

 under translation by Mr. Frith in Bengal* ; but 

 unless that gentleman translates the other two 

 volumes, he will convey a very imperfect idea of 

 the merits and matter of the work itself. The se- 

 cond and third volumes consist of 587 pages. 1 have 

 made an abstract of them through an oral transla- 

 tion, and have compressed them into about eighty 

 pages, having, as I believe, seized on ' all the mate- 

 rial points. The notes given will enable the reader 

 to judge how this task has been performed. 



For a translation of Yon Siebold's chapter on 

 Tea, contained in his " Nippon," and for Mulder's 

 analysis, I have been indebted to friends. 



The plates belonging to this work were engraved 

 from drawings made by Mr. J. "W. Archer from 

 Chinese sketches. The two views of the " Inner 



* See Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of 

 India, vol. v. parts 3 and 4. 



