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THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [June i, 1894 
you with zeal ia all yont efforts. The gimplest 
philosophy of experience will hIiow you the iiie&t 
necessity of this kind of work in Indian stations ; the 
philanthropy innate iu every wife, mother, and friend 
will leail you to love it, for you know our motto is. 
— sic DOS non nobis. 
The remarks on the Eitcben, Kitchen Utensils, and 
Pantry sre all worth studying, especially for those 
starting a home. Then follow recipes and instructions 
under the following heads : —Antepisfo ; Potage i 
Poieson ; Kslev^ ; Entrees ; Le B6: ; Entremets ; 
Savoureux; Entremets Snores; Hora D'ceuvres; 
Odds and Ends ; and Hints. 
The Hints embrace all mauncr of subjects, such 
as fattening poultry, mutton clubs, rabbit-beep- 
ing, testing milk, tea making, bow to select meats 
and to clean rusty knives. But, buy the book 
and you will save many a rupee by - knowing what 
to do and how to do it. The table of Contenls 
jS as follows : — 
Bread, Flour, Ytast, Oakex 1— 47 
Indian Cooks and Cookery 48— 57 
fThe Kelish 58— 61 
I The Soup 62— 70 
„ The Fish 71— 82 
S I The Joint 83— 92 
a ' The Side-dish 93-102 
15 ■( Ti e Roast 103—108 
2 The Vegetable 109—125 
The Sweet 126—142 
The Savoury 143—148 
LThe Sauce 149—158 
Odds and Ends, Cntry and Rice, etc. . . 169—185 
Hints : Ooffee Table Linen, Dairy, Poultry, 
Mutton Clubs 186—225 
English and French Names of Eatables . . i-iv 
Table of Measures of Liquids . . . , v 
Index vi-xi? 
" Flowekb and Gabdens," whioh was published 
first, ia the most praotical and easily followed 
brochure we have met with of its kind and it 
makes one wish to set to work at once at im- 
proving the garden, and shows one how and where to 
begin to lay out the ground, make the lawn, the 
rosaries, take and start cuttings, fit up. seed-boxes 
and watering cans. Then follow many natty 
direotioas as to improvising garden stands, trays 
and hanging baskets. The work contains des- 
criptions of some eighty ornamental or useful plants, 
and after naming the plant and describing its 
appearance, the authoress gives full directions as 
to how the plant should be cultivated, where planted 
and how treated. The directions for the cultivation 
and handling of ferns are very full. Each plant 
named has half-a-page or more to itself. Take 
Iqr example what is said of Phlox Drumtnondi : — 
" The indispensable ornament of au Indian garden," 
is what Firminger rightly calls this dear little annual. 
It grows low, so must be put in front of annuals 
that grow higher. Get some packets of tcized seed, 
and if you want a variety for tible decoration, send 
for a packet of dark red and one of pink. Suw in 
October in separate boxes. When the plants are two 
or three inches high, take them np and plant the 
inixed colours in beds and borders, and the red end 
pink in patches by themselves (for cuttings) and in 
flat boxes of your rustio stands ; also iu small poss 
for your verandahs and porch, — a good many, so at 
to admit of their being changed from time to time. 
Phlox, like petunia, will sow itself, but you must save 
seed the first year, because the flowers of those that 
come up self-sown are not so good. 
In one of my gardens I bad an oblong plot at the 
back of the house, which I grassed over aod planted 
v?ith a email rosary, eash rose bush at a distance of 
six feet from the other. This grass-plot rosary had 
a 9-icCfh border of red alteranthera, against the 
inner f idi> of which wa; a 9 inch border of mixed phlox. 
This plot, from January to May was a eight plearant 
indeed to the eye. It was watered by the h»n(l, »nd 
the grass-cutters kept the grass clipped low {ste 
"Hints.") 
The last thirty pages of the book are devoted 
to hints of all sorts in connection with plants, 
where to place them, rustic supports, bow to get 
rid of insects, to brjnze or colour grasses, to keep 
flowers fresh and to pack them for travelling. Who- 
ever wishes to understand the management of bis 
own garden should study this little book. 
INDIAN TEA AB80CIATI0N. 
ANNU.VL CENEBAL MKETINO. 
The annual general meeting of th<! Indian Tea 
Association was held in the Comniiltee Room of 
the R-yal Eichange recently, the Hon. Mr. J. W. 
Stuart presiding. The meeting was well attended, 
and Bbvcral matters of iuiportsnce tu all oonceroed 
in the tea indusiry iu this country and Ceylon were 
considered. 
The CHAntMAN in opening the prooeedinRs eiid : — 
[We quote the portion of t.'ie ObairmsL's addrets 
of local interest, — Eb. 
The most important subject dealt with thia jear 
is the Exhibition of Indian tea at Chicago. I am 
glad M'e are able to pablibh with our report, the 
report of Mr. Blechjnden, together with a photo- 
graph of the Indiiu Pavillion ; this Association has 
already ezpreesid its appreciation of the servic&B 
rendered by Mr. Blechyndec 
Mr. Blechynden's report gives foil details of the 
difficulties overcome, and the work he was able to 
aocomplifth ; the good sense t^bown by bim in bis 
policy towards the wholesale trade in Ametioa is 
one of the moat striking features of hi) work ; with 
the expenditure ol less than one-tbird of that of 
Oeylou he ba>, I venture to think, done much 
work of a permanent nature aa w.is accomplitbtd by 
the Ceylon CommiasioDer, for the system adopted 
by Mr. Bleehyndon has resulted in 1,.^00 grocers 
throughout the States handling our tea, who are 
consequently more likely to take an interest iu 
them than if left to discover their virtues by them> 
selves. 
It is needless to say that having spent £7,CiO0 on 
the Chicago Exhibition, it is absolutely necessary, 
if the money is not to be thrown away, that efforts 
must be continued to follow up the advantage so far 
gained, and it has been resolved to send Mr. 
Blechynden back to America to carry out the plans 
he has sketched out in his report, by which the 
interest of the consumers and grocers shall be stirred 
to make trial of Indian tea throughout the States. 
The figures of shipments of Indian teas to the U. 
S.A. and Canada for last year amounted to 2,137,600 
lb., against 1,482,311 lb., in 1892, an Increase of 50 
per cent, which is without doubt largely due to our 
exhibit at the Chicago World's fair. 
The expenditure required to cirrj out Mr. Bleciyc- 
('en's seheine is estimated at R36,000 per anuuiu ; 
in order to advertise and carry out other pro- 
posed means of / pushing the tale of tea, we ought 
to have on hand R7o,000 a small sncn compared with 
the advantages to be gained. I app.al therefore to 
all tea proprietors whether beloogiog to tliii Associa- 
tion or cot to give the subscription asked which is 2 
annas per acre of cultivation and ^ an anna per mJ. 
of tea and if all will give that sum will eifily be 
obtained. I make this appeal for their own benefit; 
as unless new markets are opened even the present 
low prices in London cannot be maintained. When 
you think that the Ceylon planters tax themselves by 
a special export toll besides subscribing largely to 
the Tea Fund, you must admit that India is far 
behind tbem in pushing its own interests. 
A proposal was made by Sir John Muir a short 
(ime ago that lodia and Cejlou should combine for 
the purpose of introducing British-grown teas into 
America ; Sir John Muir being interested in both 
