Fourteen pamphlets on Jamaican agriculture by Morris, D[aniel], et al - 1897

[Kingston and London, 1897. 14 pamphlets and offprints, totaling 716 pages, primarily on agriculture and horticulture. The majority of titles are written by Sir Daniel Morris. The book comes from his library, with his bookplate on the pastedown, and a hand written table of contents on the flyleaf. Purple pebbled cloth, gilt title on spine (this was vol. XXXIV of a set of books bound for Morris); spine head chipped, boards sunned, text clean with page numbers penciled in and red checks on title pages. The titles included are as follows: Morris. The vegetable resources of the West Indies. An address delivered before the London Chamber of Commerce 17th March, 1888. London: S. W. Silver & Co., 1888. Pp. 30. Morris. Fruit as a factor in colonial commerce [drop title]. A paper read ... before the Royal Colonial Institute, 8th February, 1887. [London: The Anglo-Continental Guano Works, 1887]. Pp. 31, [1]. Cork, Rev. Josias. Lecture II. Delivered at the Town Hall, Kingston, on the 8th Feburary 1881, subject: root food growth in Jamaica. Kingston: Geo. Henderson & Co., 1881. Pp. 16. Morris. Lecture III. By D, Morris, M. A., F. G. S., Director of public gardens and plantations, delivered at the Town Hall, Kingston, on the 17th May, 1881, subject: some objects of productive industry. Kingston: Geo. Henderson & Co. 1881. Pp. 34, [8]. Espeut, W. Bancroft. Lecture IV. Delivered at the Town Hall, Kingston, on 8th March, 1881, subject: the timbers of Jamaica. Kingston: Geo. Henderson & Co., 1881. Pp. 24. Morris. Institute of Jamaica. Popular lectures. Third series. Some objects of productive industry. Part IV: native and other fiber plants ... delivered 5th February, 1884. Jamaica (Kingston): Mortimer C. DeSouza, 1884. Pp. 48. Lightly foxed. Morris. Cacao: how to grow and how to cure it. Jamaica (Kingston): Aston W. Gardner & Co., 1887. Pp. iv, [2], 42. Title foxed. Morris. Planting enterprise in the West Indies. A paper read before the Royal Colonial Institute 12th June, 1883. London: Messrs. S. W. Silver & Co., 1883. Pp. 52. Emigrants' Information Office. General information for intending settlers in the West Indies. London: printed for Her Majesty's Stationary Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1897. Printed upper wrapper bound in (lower lacking), full-page map; pp. 96. Harrison, J. B. The results of recent scientific researches into the agricultural improvement of the sugar cane [drop title]. Georgetown, Demerara: The Argosy Press. [1897]. Upper printed wrapper bound in. Pp. 52. Signed by the author with compliments on upper wrapper. Paper brown and brittle, with a couple corners chipped. Fawcett, William. Economic Plants. An index to economic products of the vegetable kingdom in Jamaica. Jamaica (Kingston): Government Printing Establishment, 1891. Pp. 78. Jamaica in 1896. A handbook of information for intending settlers and others. Kingston: Institute of Jamaica, 1896. Folding map; ship route map on title page; pp. 85, [3]. Morris. Lecture on "the occurrence of droughts, their causes and the means whereby their effects might be mitigated, modified or relieved." [Kingston]: printed at the Office of the Colonial Standard and Jamaica Despatch, 1885. Pp. 28, [2]; some marks in the margin. Massee, George. Disease of Colocasia in Jamaica [drop title]. [London: Linnean Society Journal, 1887]. Offprint. Upper wrapper present with title in manuscript, pp. [1], 46-49, [1]; one plate. Most titles are scarce, with the median copies listed on OCLC at 5 and a few with only 1.