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John Ferguson

(Ferguson, John, 1842-1913)

• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: All About Gold, Gems, and Pearls (Also Minerals Generally) in Ceylon and Southern India (second edition, 1888), also by A. M. Ferguson (multiple formats at Google)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Ceylon in 1903 (Colombo: A. M. and J. Ferguson, 1903)
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• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: All about aloe and ramie fibres; dye and tanning stuffs; drugs, &c. ("Ceylon observer" press, 1890), also by A. M. Ferguson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: All about coconut planting (A.M. & J. Ferguson, 1904) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: All about pepper : including practical instructions for planting, cultivation and preparation for market : giving cost of cultivation, estimate of expenditure, and much other useful information from a variety of sources (A.M. & J. Ferguson, 1900), also by A. M. Ferguson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: All about pepper : including practical instructions for planting, cultivation and preparation for market, giving cost of cultivation, estimate of expenditure, and much other useful information from a variety of sources (A.M. & J. Ferguson, 1902), also by A. M. Ferguson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: All about rubber and gutta-percha. (A. M. & J. Ferguson; [etc., etc., 1899) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: All about spices : peppers, cubebs, nutmegs, cloves, ginger, vanilla, pimento, cinnamon; including practical instructions for planting, cultivation and preparation for market, with practical information from a variety of sources, referring to the spice industry in Ceylon, India, Eastern Archipelago and West Indies (A.M. & J. Ferguson, 1889), also by A. M. Ferguson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: All about the "coconut palm" (Cocos nucifera) Including practical instructions for planting and cultivation with estimates specially prepared for expenditure and receipts; and other suitable information from a variety of sources: referring to the industry in Ceylon, South India, the Strait settlements, Queensland, and the West Indies (A. M. & J. Ferguson; [etc., etc.], 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: All about tobacco: including practical instructions for planting, cultivation, and curing of the leaf, with other suitable information, from a variety of sources, referring to the industry in Ceylon, South India, Sumatra, Virginia, and the West Indies. ([Ceylon Observer Office, 1889), also by A. M. Ferguson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Ceylon & her planting enterprize: in tea, cacao, cardamoms, cinchona, coconut, and areca palms. A field for the investment of British capital and energy. Giving the opinions of a number of planters of diversified experience in the colony; also estimates of the outlay on, and return from, a variety of products. (A.M. & J. Ferguson, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Ceylon in 1883: (S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Ceylon in 1883: the leading crown colony of the British empire; with an account of the progress made since 1803 under successive British governors ... (S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Ceylon in 1893 : describing the progress of the island since 1803, its present agricultural and commercial enterprises (J. Haddon, 1893) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Ceylon in the "Jubilee year." (J. Haddon and Co., 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Ceylon in the "jubilee year." With an account of the progress made since 1803, and of the present condition of its agricultural and commercial enterprises; the resources awaiting development by capitalists; and the unequalled attractions offered to visitors ... (J. Haddon and co.; [etc., etc.], 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Ceylon in the "jubilee year." : With an account of the progress made since 1803, and of the present condition of its agricultural and commercial enterprises; the resources awaiting development by capitalists; and the unequalled attractions offered to visitors. (London : John Haddon and co., 1887., 1887) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: The coconut palm in Ceylon : beginning, rise, and progress of its cultivation. No. 1. From earliest times to 1660 A. D. or the close of the Portuguese occupation of the Maritime Provinces. (H.C. Cottle, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Coconut planter's manual (A. M. & J. Ferguson, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Coconut planter's manual : Ferguson's All about the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) : treating of the history and cultivation, chemistry and physiology of the palm, and about its commercial products (Ceylon Observer Press, 1923), also by Drieberg,Christopher, 1862- (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Coconut planter's manual, or All about "the coconut palm" (Cocos nucifera) : including practical instructions for planting and cultivation, with estimates specially prepared for expenditure and receipts. A special chapter on desiccating coconut. (A. M. & J. Ferguson, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: The coffee planter's manual for both the arabian and liberian species : to which is added a variety of information useful to planters...compiled from the original manual by the late A. Brown of Kandy and a variety of other authorities (A. M. & J. Ferguson, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Days of old : or, The commencement of the coffee enterprise in Ceylon (A.M. & J. Ferguson, 1878), also by A. M. Ferguson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Letter to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on railway extension in Ceylon : to the Right Hon. Sir Henry Holland [...] (Publisher not identified, 1887), also by Henry Thurstan Holland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Limited companies in Ceylon for tea and other plantations; (in Rupee currency) with full particulars (A.M. & J. Ferguson, 1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Notes on aloe, sisal, and ramie fibres, dye and tanning products, drugs, etc. (A.M. & J. Ferguson, 1901) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Six weeks' trip through India; being notes by the way (A.M. & J. Ferguson, 1902) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ferguson, John, 1842-1913: Tea, cardamoms and areca cultivation and preparation in Ceylon: discussed in letters from Messrs. Rutherford, Hughes, Armstrong, Scovell, Hay, Cameron, Grigg, and Borron, containing also Mr. C. Spearman Armstrong's paper read before the Planters' Association, on the 29th August 1885. (A. M. & J. Ferguson;, 1885), also by A. M. Ferguson and C. Spearman Armstrong (page images at HathiTrust)

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