CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. PAST AND PRESENT FINANCIAL PROSPECT OF TEA . .'.. v * / i 



II. LABOUR, LOCAL AND IMPORTED . . ,:,- 10 



III. TEA DISTRICTS AND THEIR COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES. 



CLIMATE, SOIL, &c., IN EACH . , ,,.,, , J , , v . ; ,< ... - f ^ 13 



IV. SOIL . ..,,,... , }i , ,,..,,,',,; : y ; ,, v ,. ; .* .-,-,.. ;,...,. /x; 3i 

 V. NATURE OF JUNGLE ... . ;iv . : . . \ 34 



VI. WATER AND SANITATION .,. ., ' ,. ; , fV v . . , . ; . 35 



VII. LAY OF LAND . . . . . . ^. ; , . . . 37 



VIII. LAYING OUT A GARDEN . . . i . . . . 42 



IX. VARIETIES OF THE TEA PLANT . . . V . , . 47 



X. TEA SEED . . .,.,.,. .....*< . . 54 



XI. COMPARISON BETWEEN SOWING IN NURSERIES AND IN SITU . 57 



XII. SOWING SEED IN SITU, ID EST, AT STAKE .... 59 



XIII. NURSERIES 62 



XIV. MANURE . . . . ^ . . ' .- ... . 67 

 XV. DISTANCES APART TO PLANT TEA-BUSHES . . .V . 71 



XVI. MAKING A GARDEN . . . ....... . 73 



XVII. TRANSPLANTING . . . . . ... . 76 



XVIII. CULTIVATION OF MADE GARDENS .-.'... . . 81 



XIX. PRUNING . . . . . . ... . 86 



XX. WHITE ANTS, CRICKETS, AND BLIGHT . . . . . 89 



XXI. FILLING UP VACANCIES ... . . . . . 92 



XXII. FLUSHING AND NUMBER OF FLUSHES ..... 97 



XXIII. LEAF-PICKING . . . . . '. . , . . 102 



XXIV. MANUFACTURE. MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES . . . 109 



