INTRODUCTORY 5

I. OUTLINE OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE CHOCOLATE PLANT. -- ITS

PRIMITIVE CULTIVATION. -- EARLY METHODS OF UTILIZING THE

SEEDS. -- INTRODUCTION OF THE BEVERAGE INTO EUROPE 7

II. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CHOCOLATE PLANT. -- THE PRESENT

RANGE OF THE PLANT UNDER MODERN METHODS OF CULTIVATION. --

COMMERCIAL RELATIONS 16

III. THE SEEDS OF THE CHOCOLATE PLANT, AS THEY APPEAR IN COMMERCE.

-- THEIR MICROSCOPIC AND CHEMICAL CHARACTER 23

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