[Vol. VII. containing Numbers I. to XII: Only 1887 to June 1888.] 
"Step after 9tep the ladder is ascended."— George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum. 
THE 
Tropical Agriculturist: 
A 
MONTHLY RECORD OF INFORMATION 
FOB 
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OF 
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