COMMENCED 
" Step after step the Udder ie ascended. "- 
IN 1881 
George Herbert, Jaculn Prudentuni. 
TROPICAL 
T 
1ST 
A MONTHLY RECORD OF INFORMATION FOR PLANTERS 
OF 
TEA, CACAO, COFFEE, CINCHONA, PALMS, SUGAR, COTTON, 
TOBACCO, SPICES, CAMPHOR, RUBBER, RICE, 
AND OTHER PRODUCTS SUITED FOR CULTIVATION IN THE ThOPICS. 
Si i x , 
EDITED BY 
J. FERGUSCISr, 
of the "Ceylon Observer,'' 1 &c. 
"It is both the <Iuty ami interest of every owner and cultivator of the soil to study the best 
means of rendering that soil subservient to his own and the general wants of the community ; 
and he who introduces,, beneficially, a new and useful Seed, Plant, or Shrub into his district, 
is a blessing and an honour to his country."- Sir J. Sinclair. 
VOL. XIY. 
[dontaining Numbers I. to XII. July 1894 to June 1895 
A. M. & J. FERGUSON. 
LONDON : 
Messrs. John Haddon & Co.; Kegan Paul, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; Luzac & Co.; &c. 
Madras: Higginiwtham & Co.— Calcutta : Tracker, Spink & Co.: 
BOMNAY : THACKER & Co., LTD. —AUSTRALIAN COLONIES : GORDON & GOTCH. 
MDCCCXCV. 
