The pests and blights of the tea plant / by Sir George Watt and Harold H. Mann.

  • Watt, George, Sir, 1851-1930.
Date:
1903
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Credit: The pests and blights of the tea plant / by Sir George Watt and Harold H. Mann. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. —♦ CHAPTER I.—Introduction — I.—Introductory II.—Sources of Information and Assistance III. —Need for further Investigation and Experiment CHAPTER II.—Plant Life— IV. —Nutritive and Reproductive Systems V.—Circulation of Sap . VI.—Conditions of Maturity . ... . VII.—Practical Lessons to be learned , CHAPTER III.—Races of the Tea Plant, Seed Gardens and Improvement of Seed— VIII.—Varieties of Seed ..... IX.—Deterioration of Jat .... X.—Recognition of Different Forms . . XL—Peculiarities produced in the Garden XII.—Origin of Disease ..... XIII. —Improvement of Stock .... XIV. —Advantages of Uniformity of Stock. XV.—Hybrids ...... XVI.—Different Districts require Different Jats . XVII.—Seed Gardens ..... XVIII.—Utilisation of Surplus Tea Seed PAGE x 2 4 6 8 10 U 14 15 16 18 19 21 23 25 28 28 31 CHAPTER IV.—Hoeing, Weeding and Tillage generally- XIX.—Necessity of a Friable Soil and of Tillage . 35 XX.—Annual Deep Hoeing 36 XXL—Light Hoeing 38 XXII.—Cultivation of Slopes 41 XXIII.—Treatment supplementary to Hoeing . . 42 XXIV.-Weeds 42 CHAPTER V.—Drainage of Tea Gardens— XXV.—Water and its Relations to the Soil... 45 XXVI.—Water and its Relations to the Plant . . 48 XXVII.—Indian Authors on Tea Drainage ... 51 XXVIII.—Conditions of Successful Drainage . . .52 XXIX.—Lateral or Feeder Drains . . . . 55 XXX.— Burial of Prunings in Drains ... 61 XXXI.—Treatment of Slopes .... 63 XXXII.—Irrigation in Tea Planting . , . . 65