TABLE OF CONTENTS 



SECTION I. 



CHAPTER I-AIJKS 



I Climate, Soils, etc. - 115 



II Plant-life, nutrition, etc. - 16 22 



III Manures, natural and artificial - 23 36 



IV Green-manuring, mulching, inter-cropping, etc. 37 42 

 V Soil operations : Tillage, drainage, rotation, etc. 4350 



VI Propagation ; Grafting, budding, plant breeding, etc. 51 73 



VII Cultural operations: Planting, transplanting, shading, pruning, 



ring-barking, etc. 74 82 



VIII Garden and estate tools and implements, labels, etc. 83 % 



IX Laying out gardens: choice of site, preparation of ground, 



hedges, paths, borders, lawns, etc. 97 128 



SECTION II. 



X Tropical fruits - 129189 



XI Sub-tropical or Temperate fruits 190205 



XII Tropical Vegetables or Food-products 206233 



XIII Sub-Tropical or Temperate Vegetables 234256 



XIV Spices, condiments, etc. 257289 



SECTION III. 



XV Flowering and ornamental foliage trees - 290 316 



XVI Selections of foliage and flowering shrubs, climbers, etc.. for 



low elevations 317367 



XVII Selections of pot-plants (Foliage and flowering). Palms, 



Bamboos, Orchids, Ferns, etc. 368394 



XVIII Selections for medium or high elevations: Ornamental foliage 



and flowering trees, shrubs, annuals, etc. 395 439 



XIX Sand-binding plants, trees, etc.. suited to the sea-side 440445 



XX Shade trees for p.irks, field crops, Windbelts. Timber, etc. 446 454 

 XXI Railway. Rest-house, and School Gardens: Memorial trees; 



Plants for Cemeteries, etc. - 455 168 



SECTION IV. 



XXII Standard products of Ceylon, Tea, Coconuts, Rubber, Cocoa. 



Rice. Cardamoms, Tobacco, etc. 469-502 



XXIII Minor Products of Ceylon: Arecanuts Annatto, Camphor, 

 Cinchona, Citronella, Coca, Coffee, Cotton. Croton oil. Kola- 

 nut, Areca-nut, Xux-vomica, Sugar-cane, etc. 503525 



