The subject I have undertaken is an extensive 

 one, and its detailed treatment would require a much 

 larger treatise than the simple Handbook^ I now of- 

 fer to my readers. 



My chief object, however, is to give, not a full ac- 

 count of the methods of cultivation practised in E- 

 gvpt, but the main points of interest concerning the 

 more important Farm crops and vegetables* grown 

 throughout the Country. 



About 85 different species, comprising nearly 100 

 varieties, are mentioned in the text. 



These are all briefly described, and their modes of 

 cultivation, times of planting and harvesting, as well 

 as their chief economic uses, are indicated; I have also 

 given, in each case, the Latin, English and Native 

 names. 



In reading the vernacular names, the letters, a, 

 i and e, are as in far (Ex : Dakar), pit (filfil) 

 and <( met (bersim). 



].*: G. BONAPARTE. 



(ihi/eh. Alav. 1903. 



