THE BANANA 



ITS CULTIVATION, DISTRIBUTION 

 AND COMMERCIAL USES 



BY 

 WILLIAM FAWCETT, B.Sc.(London) 



LATE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC GARDENS AND PLANTATIONS, JAMAICA ; FORMERLY 



ASSISTANT, BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT, BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL 



HISTORY) ; JOINT AUTHOR OF A " FLORA OP JAMAICA," 



VOL. I ; FELLOW OF THE LINN KAN SOCIETY 



WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY 



SIR DANIEL MORRIS, K.C.M.G., D.Sc., D.C.L., F.L.S. 



SECOND AND ENLARGED EDITION 



PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES 

 OP THE WEST INDIA COMMITTEE 

 (INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER) 



LONDON 

 DUCKWORTH AND CO 



HENRIETTA STREET COVENT GARDEN 



