Illus. from photographs. Gilt-lettered green cloth. First Edition. NY: D. Appleton, 1916.
An in-depth examination of the agriculture of the tropics, including in Hawaii, the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, et al. Sugar cane, coconuts, bananas, guavas and other tropical fruits, cassava, rice, seaweed, coffee, tea, cacao, curry powder and other spices, etc. Also covered are drugs (cocaine and opium included), perfumes, fiber plants, tobacco, and more. Fading to spine, spot to lower cloth covers at corners, else very good.