[Vol. 7X., containing Numbers I. to XII. : Jul// 1889 to June 1890."] 
"Step after Btep the ladder is ascended." — George Herbert, Jacula Prudentttm. 
THE 
Tropical Agriculturist 
A 
MONTHLY RECORD OF INFORMATION 
FOR 
PLANTERS 
OF 
Tea, Coffee, Cacao, Cinchona, Sugar, Cotton, Tobacco, Palms, Spices, 
Rubber, Rice, 
AND OTHEE PEODUCTS 
SUITED FOR CULTIVATION IN THE TROPICS. 
[ISSUED ON OR ABOUT THE 1ST OF EACH MONTH.] 
COMPILED BY 
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of the "Ceylon Observer" dr. 
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■that soil subservient to his own and the general wants of the community; and he who introduces, beneficially, 
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