CONTENTS, 
be 
CHAPTER Y. 
SUGAR, COFFEE, CACAO, COCA, 
PAAE 
Progress of t!ie Sugar C;uie throughout the Tropical Zone— The 
Taliitian Sugar Cane— The enemies of the Sugar Cane— The 
Sugar-Harvest— Tlic Coffee Tree— Its cultivation and eneniica 
— Tlie Cacao Tree and the Vanilla— The Cf>ca Plant— Won- 
derful Btreiigtlienlng cfTecis of Coc&f and fatal consc^nenca^ 
of its aba^e 9 3 
CHAPTETl VI. 
TROPICjVL PLANTS USED FOR IXDUSTBIAL PURPOSES. 
Cottou— Its cultivation m the United States— Caoutchouc and 
Gnttnpercha— Manner in which these resins are collected — 
Indigo^ — The British Lo^vood cutters in Honduras — -Brnzil 
wood— Arnalto 1 09 
CHAPTER YIL 
TROPICAL SPICES. 
The Cinnamon Gardecs of Ceylon— Immense profits of the Dutch 
— Decline of tiie trade — Neglected etate of the gjirdens — 
Nutmegs and Cloves— Cruel monopoly of the Dutcli— A 
Spice Fire in Amstcrdnni— Tiie Clove Tree- Beauty of 
an avenne of Clove Trees— The Nutmeg Tree— Mace— The 
Pepper Vine— The PI mcato Tree 120 
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