Contents* 



V. Coffee Cultivation Continued 



f. Rules for Pruning ....... 329 



System of Laborie ...... 329 



System of Sabonadiere ..... 330 



System of a Practical Cultivator of Ceylon . . 331 

 System of the Observer of Colombo . . .331 



g. Manner of Pruning . t& . . . 332 

 h. Time of Pruning . . . . . . 333 



D. Cultivation of Coffee in Ceylon . . . . . 333 



a. Making Roads . . . -^: : .%. . 334 



b. Drainage . . . .... . -335 



c. Making Trenches . . . *.. * . . 335 



d. Loosening the Earth . .... 336 



e. Making Ridges . . . . . . 336 



f. Irrigating ........ 336 



g. Enemies of the Coffee-Tree . . . . 336 



Grubs ......... 337 



Rats ........ -337 



Coffee-Bug ........ 337 



Ants ... ..... 337 



7. Fertilizers ......... 337 



A. Necessity for and Advantages of Fertilizers . . 338 



B. Fertilizers Used in Soconusco ..... 338 



C. Fertilizers Used in Ceylon . . . . , . 338 



a. Substances which are Used as Manure . . 339 



Cattle-Dung . ... . .; . . 339 



Bones ...... k . . 339 



Super-phosphates. . .... . . 339 



Pulp of the Fruit . . . : V . . 339 



Prunings ..... . V 339 



Mana Grass . . . . ; . . , * . 339 



Salts of Ammonia . . . . . 340 



Wood- Ashes ..... . . 340 



Burnt Clay ........ 340 



Lime ....... . . 340 



Guano ....... *. . 340 



Mixtures of these Substances . . _-* . 340 



b. Manner of Applying Fertilizers to the Soil . . 340 



c. Period at which the Fertilizers should be Used 341 



d. Cost of Fertilizers ....... 341 



8. Gathering of the Crop ..... . . 342 



A. Gathering the Crop in Soconusco . . . . 342 



a. Time at which the Coffee-Tree Begins to Bear 



Fruit ....... , . 342 



