coiv[m£:N^C£:i>  issi. 
tep  after  step  the  ladder  Is  ascended.”— George  Herbert,  Jacula  Prudentum. 
A MONTHLY  RECORD  OF  INFORMATION  FOR  PLANTERS 
TEA,  CACAO,  COFFEE,  PALMS,  RUBBER,  CINCHONA,  SL  OAR, 
COTTON,  TOBACCO,  SPICES,  CAMPHOR,  RICE, 
AND  OTHER  PRODUCTS  SUITED  FOR  CULTIVATION  IN  THE  TROPICS. 
EDITED  BY 
or. 
of  the  “ Ceylon  Observer,’^  “ Ceylon  Handbook  and  Directory,"  &c. 
“It  is  both  the  duty  and  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  tlie  com- 
munity ; 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. 
YOL  XYI. 
[Containing  Numbers  I to  XII.:  July  1896  to  June  189*7.] 
Calombo,  Cejrlotii : 
A.  M.  & J.  KKRGUJSON. 
LONDON : 
John  Haddon  & Co. ; Kegan  Paul,  Trench,  Trubner  & Co.,  Ltd.  ; Luzac  & Co. ; &c. 
Madras  : Higginbotham  & Co. — Calcutt  a : Thacker,  Spink  & Co. ; 
Bombay  : Thacker  & Co.,  Ltd.— Australian  Colonies  : CtOrdon  A Gotch, 
West  Indies  and  Central  America  : C.  H.  Calderon,  St.  Thomas. 
Straits  Settlements  and  Eastern  Archipelago  : John  Little  & Co.,  Singapore. 
Java  : Messrs.  John  Pryce  & Co.;  G.  Kolff  & Co.,  Batavia. 
MDCCCXCVIl. 
