CONTENTS. 
Page. 
Mr. W. C. Buchanan on Manuring and Manures es 139 
The Fertility of Soils A ev 
Dr. Sortain’s Notes on Manuring .... ee Le 
Mr. Thwaites’ do do 144 
Fertilizing Substances for Ceylon Coffee Lands 145 
Mr. Mechi’s Advice in applying Manures__... 148 
Artificial Manures: Analyses and Cost of ... 148 
CorFreE PLANTING IN CEYLON, according to the 
author of ‘‘ Young Ceylon ” 149 
The Estimates in ‘‘ Young Ceylon” “and of 
Messrs. Sabonadiére and ss ed ry ae 154 
Brief Reply from Mr. Brown 157 
Further Correspondence ise ee ... 159 
Coffee Planting in Natal : ... 160 
How to Prepare Coffee in Roasting and 
Cooking ... ae --- 162 
Coffee Prices in London since 1845 se 165 
How to Prepare Soils for Analysis 168 & 169 
Tue CorreE PLANTER’S MANUAL: SECOND EDITION :— 
Directions for Taking Samples of Soil for Ana- 
lysis .., eee on ae . 174 
Crop Estimates... a Lia: 
How to Buy Artificial Manures : ‘Voelcker’s s 
Rules 176 
Hints for the Conside ration ‘of Coffee ‘Planters. 179 
Coffee Trees in 1870 and 1880 be . 181 
An Answer to the above ... . 183 
Pedigree Wheat and Disease- -proof Potatoes ; 
and Why Not Fungus-proof Coffee ? ... 183 
On Manuring Coffee --. 185 
Artificial Manures vs. Cattle Manure Gio UO GO 
Artificial Manures for Coffee 204. 
Mr. Hughes’ Handbook of Ceylon Soils and 
Manures 206 
Mr. Hughes’ Analyses of ‘Coffee, Fruit and 
Leaves, and the Conclusions They Lead to 
as regards Quantity and Quality of Manure 208 
The Enemies of Coffee :—White Grub 223 
The Campaign against Cockchafers and Grubs.. 227 
Grub and the Colfee Tree ... ty . 229 
White Grub 230 
The Grub Question : A Planter who is No Sci- 
entist Argues for No Delays in Destroying 
the White Grub, as the Enemy of Coffee... 234 
An Old Planter on His Campaign against Cock- 
chafers and His Remedy for Grub 234 
ee of Soda a Cure for White Grub: << Try 
SNe ... 236 
Agricultural Experiments ... da s. 2OF 
Shingling... ous ae ... 239 
Land Suitable for Coffee... he: 2 
Rules for the dtesiment of Liberian Coffee ... 241 
