Illustrated. 8vo. 8s. 6d. net. 



SPICES 



By HENRY N. RIDLEY, 



M.A., C.M.G., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



Director of Botanic Gardens, Straits Settlewenis. 



TVyrR. RIDLEY'S book is a practical work intended for 

 the ' use of planters in all parts of the world. In it 

 the reader will learn about the soils suited for the various 

 spices, the diseases from which the plants suffer, the most 

 efficacious insecticides and fungicides, the different kinds of 

 manure to be used, and indeed everything connected with 

 this branch of agriculture. 



CONTENTS. 



Chap. Chap. 



I. Introduction. IX. Long Pepper, Grains of 



II. Vanilla. Paradise. 



III. Nutmegs and Mace. ^- Cardamoms. 



IV. Cloves. 

 V. Pimento or Allspice. 



VI. Cinnamon. 



XI. Capsicums or Chilies. 

 XII. Coriander, Dill, Cumin. 



XIII. Ginger. 



XIV. Turmeric, Zedoary, 

 VII. Cassia Bark, Massoi Galangal, and Cala- 



Bark. mus Root. 



VIII. Black Peppers. APPENDIX. INDEX. 



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