TABLE OE CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Chapter I. — Description and Habitat ; and Introductory ... 11 



„ II. — Varieties 18 



III.— Soil 21 



„ IV. — Propagation 23 



„ Y. — Cultivation 30 



„ VI. — Harvest of the Olive 36 



VIL— Uses of the Olive 39 



„ VIII. — Machinery and Appliances used 45 



„ IX. — Manufacture 51 



., X. — Purification 57 



XL— Yield and Value 61 



XII.— Technological Teaching 63 



Appendices — 



Letter from W. E. Boothby, Esquire, Sheriff of South 



Australia 67 



Letter from the Abbe Eugenio Ricci, of Brisbane 68 



Extracts from letter from Hon. Samuel Davenport, of South 



Australia 69 



Extract from "The Land and the Book," by Dr. Wm. 



Thomson 70 



Tables shewing the number of Trees which can be planted, 

 in acres of various shapes, at 16, 20, 30, and 40 feet apart 

 respectively 72 



Index to Illustrations 73 



Illustrations. 



Genebal Index. 



