Chapter LII: Section VI (6)

Barbacue, a platform for coffee drying, 69

_Baphia nitida_, 447

Barbados arrowroot, 337, 353
culture of aloes in, 630
cost of cultivating sugar, 189
ginger, 415
sugar crops of, 149
yam, 334, 335, 337, 338, 362

Barcelona, exports of cacao from, 13

Bark of the larch, its utility, 376

Barks for tanning, 492

Barley, history and consumption of, 255
imported, 218
meal imported, 218
produce of in England and Wales, 248, 256
average prices of, 256

Barrel of rice weighs 600 lbs. net, 291

Barus camphor, 634

Barwood, 445, 447

Basket of rice, a measure equal to 55½ lbs., English,

_Bassia butyracea_, 136, 512
_longifolia_, 511
oil seeds of, 537

_Batatas edulis_, 330, 331, 357

_Bauhinia variegata_, 492

Bayley (Mr.), on consumption of tea in the manufacturing districts

Bay rush or tapioca, 376

Beans, analysis of, 264
and peas, quantities imported, 313
imported, 218

Bearing time of different plants, 9

Beck (Prof.) on various wheats, 222
on the American breadstuffs, 226

Beet root sugar produced on the Continent, 144
cost of producing, 189, 204

Beet, varieties of the root, 191

Belgians, large consumers of coffee, 40

Belgium, production of beet root sugar in, 200

Benares, production of indigo in, 475

Ben, oil of, 523

Bencoolen, pepper grown in, 423
spice culture in, 412

Bengal, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189
indigo, 464
introduction of the coffee tree into, 40
production of indigo in, 475
production of opium in, 580
rice, 296

Bennet on Ceylon, 316

Bennett (Dr.), description of gambier, 500

Berar, edible root of, 377

Berberry, a dye stuff, 442

Berbice, exports of coffee from, 73

Bergamot, essence of, 566

Berger's process of making rice starch, 344

Bermuda arrowroot, statistics of, 353
mode of cultivating arrowroot, 346

Berry wax, 540

Betel leaf, 577

Bhoe Moong, the Indian name for the ground nut, 515

Bhull rice lands, 293

Biggah, distinction between this land measure, 471

_Bignonia Chica_, 444

Bihai, 320

Bitter cassava, 331

_Bixa orellana_, 447

Black ginger, 415
pepper, statistics of, 428
tea, imports of the last fifteen years, 82
mode of manufacturing, 112

Blood tree, 625

Bollman (Prof.), on the potato rot, 359

Bolitus used as food, 377

Bonynge (Mr. F.) promotes tea culture in America, 97

_Borassus gomutus_, 315

Borneo, pepper produced in, 422

Bourbon, cacao grown in, 36
produce of rice in, 293

Bousa, an African beer, 308

Boussingault's analysis of wheat, 244

Boyams, food plant, 377

Bran, analysis of, 231

_Brassica oleracea_, oil from the seed, 539

Brazilian arrowroot, 330, 367, 369

Brazil, exports of coffee to America, 63
cost of producing sugar in, 189
culture of ginger, 418
production of coffee in, 40, 41, 63
introduction of the tea plant, 128
statistics of sugar production, 182
tobacco export from, 594
wood, 485

Bread fruit, 318, 330
made from millet, 306
nut of Jamaica, 319
stuffs of commerce, 217

Brick tea of Thibet, 92

British Guiana, coffee produced in, 73
West Indies, decline of coffee culture in, 40, 63, 67
exports of coffee from, 73

Brood-boon, 319

Bromelia Pinguin, fruit of, used for soap, 574

Broom corn, 307, 308
sedge, 308

_Brosimum Alicastrum_, edible nuts of, 319

_Broussonitia tinctoria_, 485

Brown bread, its wholesomeness, 230

Bruce, (Mr. C.A.) on the manufacture of tea in Assam, 126

_Buchanania latifolia_, 494, 521

Buckwheat, average weight of crop in New Brunswick, 253
oil from, 510
culture of, 259
analysis of, 260

Buck yam, 333, 335, 362

Bullhoof, yields a narcotic, 589

Bunbury (Mr.) on Cape aloes, 632

Butch wood, used to keep off ants, 181

_Butea frondosa_, 507
varieties of, 442
tannin from, 494

Butter of cacao, 11, 12
obtained from the dolichos bean, 313

_Cabacinha_, the Portuguese name for a purgative plant, 626

Caballine aloes, 630

Cacao beans or seeds, analysis of, 12
age at which may be transplanted, 6
expenses of a plantation, 33
information respecting, 9
plantation, enormous returns formerly obtained from, 34
quantity consumed in the United Kingdom, 11
total imports into the United Kingdom, 35
total imports from America and the West Indies, 35
trees, where indigenous, 33
oppressive duties levied on, 34

Cacomite, a species of Tigridia, 374

Cacoon, oil from, 511

Cadet's analysis of barks, 495

_Cæsalpinia_, species of, 446
_Brasiliensis_, 485

_Cæsalpinia Coriari_, 493
_oleospermum_, 511

Caffeine, analysis of, 80

Cajeput oil, 566

_Caladium costatium_, 377
_esculentum_, 331
_sagittifolium_, 334

Calambak wood, 439

_Calandra oryza_, 279

Calcutta, exports of castor oil, 545

Calidad, the best kind of Cuba tobacco, 613

California, tea proposed to be cultivated in, 97

_Callistemon ellipticum_, 505

_Calophyllum Inophyllum_, 513

Calumba plant, 638

Calumbin, 638

_Calystegia sepium_, 642

_Camassia esculenta_, 376

Camata, a variety of valonia, 508

_Camelina sativa_, 509, 511, 564

Camotes, a Spanish name for the sweet potato, 375

_Camæladia ilicifolia_, 628

Campbell (Dr. A.), on the tea culture at Darjeeling, 116

Camphor, on the collection of, 633
obtained from the roots of the cinnamon, 389

_Cannabis indica_, 643

Camwood, 447

Canada, production of maple sugar in, 206
West, grain exports of, 251

Canadian yellow root, 626

Canary Isles, millet exported from, 306
moss, 486
seed, 311

Candleberry myrtle, 540

Candlewood, 539

Candles made of cinnamon suet, 390

Candle tree, 521, 538

Cane sugar, composition of, 136, 155, 157

_Canella alba_, 396

Canna, species of, 355

_Canothus Americanus_, used as tea, 80

Caoutchouc, 539

Capa, a term in Cuba for good tobacco, 614

Cape aloes, manufacture of, 631
weed, 486

Capsicum, 428

_Carapa_, species yielding oil, 518
oil, 441, 519
_guianensis_, 512

Caracas, large produce of cacao in, 13

Caraveru, a red pigment, 444

Carraway seed oil, 437, 566

Cardomoms, bastard, 419
plants furnishing, 419

_Carduus Virginianus_, 376

Carob bean, 312, 313

Carolina rice, shipments of, 285

Carrageen, 379

Carrots, average weight per bushel in New Brunswick, 253

_Carthamus tinctoria_, 450
oil from, 512

Caruto, a name for the Lana dye, 444

Carver's treatise on tobacco culture, 607

_Carum carui_, 566

_Caryophyllus aromaticus_, 397

_Caryota urens_, 314

Cascarilla bark, 396

Cashew bark, 495
nut oil, 512

Cassareep, an antiseptic, 339, 343, 369

Cassava cakes, 342
culture of, 367
fecula of, 330
flour exports from St. Lucia, 369
meal, 341
roots, information respecting, 9
starch, yield per acre, 370

Cassia, a rival to cinnamon, 391
_auriculata_, 494
bark of China, superiority of, 393, 394
buds, 396
_lignea_, 394, 396
statistics of imports and consumption of, 394

Castor oil, 510, 511, 527, 536, 542, 563

Catechu or Cutch, 579
tannin in, 495

Cattle, consumption of Indian corn by, 271

Catty, a Chinese weight, 400

Cayenne, nutmeg introduced, 412
pepper grown in, 427
pepper, 429
pottage, 429

_Celastrus paniculatus_, 521

Celebes, coffee grown in, 62
production of coffee in, 41
rice culture in, 302
tobacco, 621

Centrifugal machine for sugar, 140

_Cephælis Ipecacuanhæ_, 641

_Ceratonia siliqua_, 312, 313

Cereal grasses, 216

_Ceroxyion andicola_, 541

_Cersium virginianum_, 376

_Cetraria islandica_, 343, 379

Ceylon arrowroot, 353
cardamoms, 419, 421
coco-nut culture in, 556
culture of rice in, 295

Ceylon, exports of castor oil from, 545
adapted for indigo culture, 475
gamboge, 639
the great seat of cinnamon culture, 383
pepper exported from, 426
imports of _Terra Japonica_, 502
moss, 379
produce of tobacco in, 619
production of coffee in, 41
tea plant introduced, 95
Value of the betel nuts exported, 579

Chay-root, 449, 478

_Chamarops Palmetto_, 495

Chandu, the prepared extract of the opium, 585

_Chenopodium quinon_, 310

Cherrots, Manilla, 619

Chesnuts, consumed in France, 361

Chest of opium, about 140 lbs., 58

Chick pea, 312
the inspissated juice of the poppy, 582

Chicory, extensive consumption of, 37

Chillies, growth of, 428

Chimo, powdered potatoes, 361

China, population of, 86
shipments of tea from, 84

Chinese arrowroot, 352

_Chironia sapinda_, 521

_Chloranthus_, flowers used to flavor tea, 85

Chocolate nuts, 11
imported, 35
paste, as prepared by the Marienna, 18

Christison (Prof.), analysis of gamboge, 640

Chiretta, 641

Chrysoptranic acid, 488

_Cibotium Billardieri_, 380

Cigars, consumption of, 596
duty received on, 597
large consumption of in New York, 599
profit on manufacture of, 612
number exported from Cuba, 614
exported from Siam, 619

Cinchona bark, 635

Cinnamon, 382
export duty on, 391
oil, 565
properties of good, 387
statistics of export from Ceylon, 390, 391
suet, 522
varieties of the tree, 386

Citronella oil, 565, 573

Clagett and Co.'s (Messrs.) tobacco circulars, 601

Clarifying cane juice, 155

Clark, (Mr.) on a new variety of tobacco, 613

Classification and arrangement adopted in the work, 5

_Claytonia acutiflora_, 371

Clerihew's coffee apparatus, 52

Climate suited for various plants, 9

Clove bark, 383

Cloves, 397
oil, 390, 398
statistics of, 411
varieties of the tree, 398
where grown, 402

Cobres a first quality of indigo, 456

Coca plant, 576

_Cocculus indicus_, 576
_palmatus_, 638

Cochin China, coco nut oil exported from, 556
culture of rice, 298
exports of cinnamon, 393
tea considered inferior, 94

Cochineal, value of the dye stuff, 440

Cocoa, see Cacao, 9
fat, 519
nut butter, 560
information respecting, 9
oil, 527
palm, 547

_Cocos nucifera_, 547
_fusiformis_, 519
or eddoes, 364

Cocum oil, 521

Coffee, adulteration of, and substitutes for, 37
consumption of, 39, 596
cultivation in Ceylon, 46
in Africa, 77
in India, 44
information respecting, 9
manures suited for, 50
tree, description of, 43
production in various countries, 41
produce per tree and per acre, 69, 481
leaf, suited for making a beverage by infusion, 78
Dr. Hooker's opinion thereon, 79
plantation, beauty of, 67
prices of, in London, 47
signs of its being properly cured, 71
trade, progress of, 36

Coimbatore, culture of tobacco in, 618.

Coir, Coco nut, 551, 552, 555, 556.

Colman (Mr.), on grain production, 219
on sugar, 204

_Colocasia_, varieties of cultivated, 364

_Colocynth_, 638
oil, 511

Colombo root, 638
shipments of coffee from, 48

Coloring principles of the lichens, 487
teas in China, 104

Colza oil, 510, 513, 539

_Conium Arracacha_, 375

Connecticut, culture of tobacco in, 606

Consumption of rhubarb, 645

_Convolvulus Jalapa_, 641
_Scammonia_, 642

Conquin tay, plantain meal, 324

Constantinople opium, 585

Consumption of arrowroot, 354
of arnotto, 449
cacoa in the United Kingdom, 36
cassia bark, 394
castor oil, 544
coco nut oil, 562
coffee, 36, 64, 596
coffee in various countries, 41
cinnamon, 391
cloves, 401
ginger, 418
indigo, 477
mace, 414
nutmegs, 414
opium, 580
palm oil, 527
pepper, 428
pimento, 431
sago in the United Kingdom, 318
sugar in India, 140
Great Britain, 139
tea, statistics of, 82, 596
tobacco, 596, 595

_Convolvulus batatas_, 333, 334, 356

Coolies employed in Mauritius, 150

Copey, a Cuba dye wood, 485

Copperah, 536, 549, 556, 560, 661

Corakan flour, 304

Coriander seed, 437

_Coriaria myrtifolia_, 493

Cork tree bark, 504

Corn, the common name for maize in America, 270

Cortes, a description of indigo, 456

_Corypha umbraculifera_, 316

_Costus Arabicus_, 438
_indicus_, &c., 638

Costa Rica, production of coffee in, 41, 64

Cotton, information respecting, 9
seed oil, 564
cake, 564

Courida bark, 495

Cow-itch, 625

Crane potato, 372

Crawfurd (Mr. J.), estimate of pepper produce, 422

_Croix lachryma_, 304

Crop hogshead of tobacco, weight of, 605

_Croton Cascarilla_, 396
_Eleuteria_, 397
_gossypifolia_, 625
oil, 522
_Tiglium_, 522

Cuba, coffee plantations in, 77
culture of tobacco in, 613
exports of coffee to America, 63
cost of producing sugar in, 147, 189
exports of coffee from, 73
progress of sugar cultivation in, 148
production of coffee in, 41
rice grown in, 292
statistics of coffee exported, 76
tobacco plantations in, 614

Cubebs, medicinal, 639

Cucumber seed oil, 512

_Cucumis Colocynthus_, 638

Cudbear, imports of, 486
452

Culilaban bark, 383

_Curcuma longa_, 419
species of, 434
varieties of, yielding E.I. arrowroot, 351

Curry stuff, imports into Ceylon, 434

Cush, an Indian name for millet, 306

Cutch, the Indian name for catechu, or gambier, 600
exported from Pinang, 503
imports of, 502

Cuyupa, an Indian tuber, 374

_Cycas circinalis_, 314

_Cynamchum_ leaves, 649

_Cynosurus corocanus_, 306

_Cytisus Cajan_, 304

_Dacrydium cupressinum_, 505

Dadap, a prop for the pepper, 425, 42
a name given in Java to the _Erythrina_, 55, 58

_Datisca cannabina_, 442

Davis' (Dr.), analysis of maize, 265

Day's analysis of barks, 495

Demerara, exports of coffee from, 73
rice grown in, 292

Dholl, the Indian name for varieties of _Cajanus_, 312

Dhak tree, bark of, 507

Dhurra, the Egyptian name for millet, 306

_Dicypellium caryophyllatum_, 384

_Didynamia gymosperma_, 520

Dietetic articles used for the preparation of popular beverages, 11

Dillock, a preparation with cayenne, 429

_Dioscorea aculeata_, 334, 362

_Diospyros glutinosa_, 494

_Dipterix odorata_, 434

_Dipterocarpus_, oil from, 511

Divi-divi, 503

Division of seasons in the tropics, 6

Dodder cake, 564

Dogwood, bark of, 627

_Dolichos biflorus_, varieties of, 312
_bulbosus_, roots used as food, 377
oil, 521

Domba oil, 513

Dominica, exports of coffee from, 73
introduction of the clove tree, 399

_Dracæna terminalis_, 355

Drimys bark, 636

Dryobalanops, species furnishing camphor, 634

Dubranfaut's process of sugar making, 197, 201

Dunsterville (Mr.), on Cape aloes, 631

Duquesne (M.), process of making sugar from beet, 202

Duration of various plants, 9

Dutch pound, lighter than the English avoirdupoise pound; 100 Dutch pounds equal to 101 and 1-5th lbs.

Dutch West Indies, production of coffee in, 41

Duty, large, levied on tobacco, 598

Dye stuffs, various, 440
from British plants, 452
furnished by the cacao bean, 12

Dye woods, 445, 447

Eagle wood, 439

Earth mouse, 374

Earth-nut oil, 513

East India ginger, 416, 418
sugar, 139
cultivation in, 152

East Indies, imports of indigo from, 477
rhubarb, 645

Eddoes or cocos, 364

Edward's preserved potatoes, 361

Egyptian corn, 307
opium, 585

Elais, species furnishing palm oil, 524

_Elate sylvestris_ fruit, a masticatory, 579

_Elettaria Cardomomum_, 421

_Eleusine corocana_, 304

_Encephalartos cafer_, 319

English opium, 586

Eno bark, a black dye, 444

_Epidendrum_, species of, 431

_Ervum lens_, 312

Erythric acid, 489

Erythrina, a shade tree for the cacao, 15

_Erysimum perfoliatum_, oil from, 512

Essences, 565

Essential oils, 565

Ethiopian pepper, 421

_Eucalyptus_, bark of, for tanning, 494
_resinifera_, 506

_Eugenia caryophyllata_, 397
_Pimento_, 430

_Eulophia virens_, 354

_Eupatorium glutinosum_, 643

_Euphorbia Lathyris_, 510

_Euterpe montana_, 549

Evans' (Dr.) Sugar Planter's Manual, 140

_Evernia vulpina_, 488

_Evodia triphylla_, used as a perfume, 550

Factory maund, about 70 pounds, 471

_Fagara piperita_, 421

Fanega, a Spanish measure, the fifth part of an English quarter, equal to 12 quarrees, or 62 and 2-5ths acres, 13, 327

Fanegada, a Spanish land measure, 9

Farinaceous plants, 216

Fennel flower, 421

_Ferula asafoetida_, 633

Fern roots as food, 377, 380

_Fevillea scandens_, 511

Finlayson's description of gambier manufacture, 500

Fish oils consumed, 509
poison, 627

Fitzmaurice on the sugar cane, 180

Fixed oils, 510

Flax seed oil, 509, 501

Flores, a commercial classification of indigo, 456

Florida, tobacco culture in, 609

Flour, damaged, shipped from America, 227
and meal, our imports of, 218
obtained from spurry seed, 377

Flowering of the sugar cane, 182

Food plants of commerce, 217
nutritious properties of various kinds, 232

Foo-foo, the dough of the plantain, 324

Fortune (Mr. R.) on the tea districts, 89
engaged by the East India Company, 100
report on the Indian tea plantations, 106, 117

Fortune's (Mr. R.) wanderings in China, 103

Fownes (Mr.) on clarifying cane juice, 164

France, production of beet sugar in, 194, 200
rice cultivated in, 292

Frazla, the Arabian name for a bale of variable weight, in Mocha about 16 lbs. avoirdupoise,

Free trade policy, effects of, 2

French berries for dyeing, 443
Slave Colonies, cost of producing sugar in, 189
West Indies, production of coffee in, 41

_Fucus amylaceus_, 380
_tenax_, furnishes glue, 378
as food for cattle, 379

Fundi or Fundungi, an African grain, 310

Fustic, 445, 447, 485

Gallipoli oil, 531

Gallo tannic acid, 492

_Galidupa arborea_, 521

Garancine, quantity and value of, 483, 484

Gambier plant, 496

Gamboge, 451
plants furnishing, 639

_Garcinea elliptica_, 451

Garbelled, a term for sorted or picked

Gabilla, a finger or hank of tobacco, 613

Galangale root, 351, 418

_Garcinea Gambogia_, 640

Garnett (Mr. A.) on the culture of the plantain, 320

Galam butter, 538

_Gastrodia sesamoides_, 375

Gesner (Dr.), plants recommended by, for cultivation, 371

_Genipa Americana_, 444

_Genista tinctorea_, 453
_tomentosa_, 486

Gentian, plants furnishing it, 640

Ghee, 538

Ginger, culture of, 414

Gin, made from rye in Holland, 258

_Gigartina Iichenoides_, 379

Gingelie seed oil, 511, 533
oil, used to adulterate almond oil, 534

Ginseng, 436

Glen (Mr. J.), his experiments on Cassava starch, 370

Gloves made from bark, 376

Gluten contained in various grain crops, 264
definition of, 234

Gluten, composition of, 221

Glycirrhiza, 643

_Glyrine Apios_, 371
_subterranea_, 371

Glycerine, 643

_Glycirrhiza glabra_, 642

_Gnizotia oleifera_, 535

Gohyan, an Indian name for upland rice, 282

Gold of pleasure oil, 509
cake of, 564

Gomuti palm sugar, 136
315

_Gomatus saccharifer_, 314

Goor, the Indian name for half-made sugar, 308

Gorham's (Prof.) analysis of maize, 264

Gourds used for packing aloes, 630

_Gracelaria lichenoides_, 379

Graham (Dr.), on gamboge, 639

Gram, the Indian name for the _Ervum lens_, and _Cicer arietinum_, 312

Grain crops, 217
produce per acre in England, 219
of Paradise, 419, 420
average prices of in New Brunswick, 254

Grape sugar, properties of, 136
sugar, analysis of, 155

Grater for rasping arrowroot, 338

Grenada, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189

Great Exhibition, results of, 2

Green tea, mode of manufacturing, 113
tea, imports of the last 15 years, 82

Griffith (Dr.) on tea plants in Assam, 111

Groundnut oil, 511

Guano, not much required in tropical countries, 7

Guayaquil, large exports of cocoa from, 13

_Guazuma ulmifolia_, 164

Guillemen's (M.) report on the tea plantations of Brazil, 128

Guiana, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189

Guinea pepper, 429
grains, 420
yam, 331, 334, 335, 337, 362
corn, 306

Gums used by the dyers, 453

Gum tree of Australia, 494

Gun stock tree, 164

_Gunnera scabra_, 495

Gunny bags, rough canvas bags, 392

Guntang, an Indian dry measure of rather more than 15 pounds, 297

Guaco, or snake plant, 627
as a fertilizer, 278

_Gynerium saccharoides_, 136

_Gyrophora murina_, 486

_Hamatoxylon campechianum_, 484

Hamilton (Dr.), on oil of ben, 523
notices by, 617

Havana tobacco, classification of, 613
exports of tobacco from, 614
shipments of sugar from, 147

Hayti, exports of tobacco, 615
exports of ginger, 418
coffee from, 67
indigo from, 460

Hazel nut, oil from, 510

_Hebradendron Cambogoides_, 451, 639

Heather, dye from, 453

Hectare, a French land measure, equal to about 2½ acres, 204

Hectolitre, a French measure 192¼ bushel's

Helot's lichen test, 452

Herreria sarsaparilla, 646

_Heliconia humilis_, 320

Hemlock tree, bark of, 494

Hemp seed oil, 509

Henna, a dye stuff, 486

Hepatic aloes, 630

Herring's palm kernel oil, 525

Hernandez (Mr.) on Cuba tobacco, 608

_Heuchera Americana_, 494

_Hibiscus rosa sinensis_, 494

Hingalee, the best Bengal tobacco, 617

Hino bark, 606

Hogs, large consumption of maize by, 271

Holcomb (Mr.) on the wheat crop of America, 245

_Holcus avenaceus_, 307
_spicatus_, 366
_saccharatum_, 306

Holland, tea sent to, 86

Honduras, export of indigo from, 460

Hooker (Dr.) on brick tea, 92

Hops, cascarilla bark used to adulterate, 397

Horse gram, 312

Hungary, production of beet sugar in, 197

_Hura crepitans_, 512, 626

Husking rice, 290

Hydraulic press for coco nut oil, 557
press, 329

_Hydrastica canadensis_, 625

_Hymenoea Courbaril_, 313

_Hyperanthera Moringa_, 523

Hypericum, species of, furnishes gamboge, 454, 640

Iceland moss, 343, 379

Illepe oil, 537, 511

_Ilex Paraguayensis_, indigenous to Brazil, 130
description of, 133

_Illicum anisatum_, 438

Impey (Dr.) on Malwa opium, 587
on Indian drugs, 626

Implements of colonial agriculture few and simple, 6
requisite for manufacturing tea, 115

Imports of arrowroot, 351, 354
arnotto, 449
cacao, from America and the West Indies, 35
cloves, 401
cinchona bark, 636
tea into Great Britain, 82
tobacco, 597
coco-nut oil, 562
palm oil, 525, 527
pimento, 431
opium, 580
nutmegs, 414
pepper, 428
castor oil, 544
sago, 318
indigo, 477
coffee, 37

Import commerce, our principal, articles furnished by the Vegetable Kingdom, 4

Incense wood, 439

Indigo, details of, 453
plants yielding, 442
information respecting, 10
mode of manufacturing, 457
production of in India, 474
in Natal, 463

_Indigofera_, species of, 453

India, tea culture in, 98
culture of indigo in, 463

Indiana, tobacco culture in, 607

Indian aloes, 630
berries, 576
corn, imports of, 263
information respecting, 9
analysis of, 264
sources of supply, 262, 263
starch, 343
meal imported, 218
yield per acre, 356
compared with Guinea corn, 307
meal, composition of, 307
opium, 586
root, 625
shot, 345

Indian corn, weight of, 280
madder, 484

Intoxicating liquors made from Cassava, 369

Iodine, 378

Ipecacuan, bastard, 653
641

_Ipomoea batatas_, 365
_brachypodo_, 522
_Jalapa_, 641

Ireland, tobacco consumed in, 596
cost of producing beet root sugar in, 193

Irish rock moss, 379

Iron, quantity of, in tobacco, 617
bark tree, 506

Irrigation for the tea plant never practised in China, 122

_Isatis Indigotica_,104
_tinctoria_, 452

Jaggery sugar, 555

Japanese camphor, 633
tobacco, 620

Japan, tea culture, 94

_Jatropha curcas_, oil from, 512

Jacobson's (Mr.) work on tea culture in Java, 102

Jalap, 641

Jamaica, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189
culture of coffee in, 67
culture of Guinea corn, 306
decline of sugar production, 148, 149
exports of coffee from, 73
ginger, 415, 417
sarsa, 646, 47

Jameson (Dr.) on the culture of tea in India, 106

Java, cinnamon cultivated in, 383, 392
clove does not succeed there, 399
coffee exported to the United States, 63
coco-nut oil exported from, 556
cost of producing sugar in, 189
culture of coffee in, 53
culture of rice in, 299
cultivation of indigo in, 476
gambier grown in, 502
nutmegs exported from, 413
pepper grown in, 422-23
production of coffee in, 41
statistics of, 300
statistics of indigo exported, 476
statistics of tea culture in, 102
sugar culture in, 152
tea plantations, 94
tobacco, 621

Jack fruit tree, 319

Janipha, starch in, 331
_Manihot_, 315

Jasmine oil, 570, 574

_Jatropha gossypyfolia_, 625
_cureas_, oil from, 523

Jellies, clearness of, 337

Jesuit's bark, 635

Joar, the Indian name of the _Sorghum vulgare_ or millet, 304, 306

Job's tears, 304

Johnson (Dr.) on manufacture of rose water, 570
(Mr.) on indigo culture, 466
(Prof.) analyses of grain crops, 264
(Prof.) on grain crops of New Brunswick, 253

Jones's process for making rice starch, 344

Jumowah, irrigated sowings, 468

Juniperus, oil of, 565

Kafir bread, 319

Kamas root, an edible, 376

Kanari kernels made into cakes, 547
oil, 546

Katjang oil, produce of the ground nut, 515, 299

Kawan, the Java tallow tree, 511

Kashmir, culture of rice in, 295

Kemmayes, an Arabian truffle, 381

Kew Gardens, tea plant grows in, 101

Kekune oil, 539

Kentucky tobacco, statistics of, 598, 600

Keora oil, 565

Khoonte, the Indian name for a second cutting, 471

Kiln-drying madder, 481
of bread stuffs, 221, 229

Kilogramme, a French weight, equal to 21bs. 3oz. avoird., 194

Kino, Australian, 506
East India, 507

_Knowltonia vessicatoria_, 626

Koster's Travels in Brazil, 186

Kous-kous, 311

Kooyah plant, 376

Kukui oil, 539

Kumaon, tea plantations in, 117

Laudanum, 584

_Lawsonia inermis_, 486

_Laminaria saccharina_, 379

_Lathyrus tuberosus_,374

Larch bark edible, 376

_Laurus camphora_, 633, 35

La Guayra, cacao from, 13
production of coffee in, 41
exports of coffee from, 62

Lana dye, 444

_Lecythis Tabucajo_, 512

Lemon grass oil, 672

Legumes, varieties of, 312

Lecanora, species of, 432

Lentils, 312

Leaf tobacco shipped from the Havana, 614

Liberia, suitability for coffee culture, 77

Lichen tribe as food, 378

Lichens, 486

Lichenin, 343

_Licospermun racemosum_, 605

Lindley (Dr.) on the cinchonas, 635

Litmus, 452

Lignum aloes, 439

Litre, a French measure, equal to 1¾ English pint nearly, 202

Lime, its influence on cane juice, 161

Lindley (Prof.) on the wheat of South Australia, 221

Lindley's classification of the plantain tribe, 322

Liptospermum, oil of, 565

_Lilium Pomponium_, 356

Lindley (Dr.) on the lichens, 486

Linseed, 535
oil, 509, 537
imported, 563
cake imported, 564

Little (Mr.) on opium, 587

Libra, a Spanish kind of tobacco, 613

Liquorice, 642
paste, 643

Logwood, 445, 447, 484

Lotus seeds, used as food, 356

Locust tree, 313
pods, 503

Louisiana, cost of producing sugar in, 189
production of sugar in, 146

Loxa bark, 636

Luffas, properties of, 626

Luggie, a measuring rod, 471

Lucca oil, 531

Macfarlane (Mr. A.) on the tea plant,117

Madder, culture of, 478
Indian, 484
statistics of imports, 484

_Madia sativa_ oil, 520
_sativa_, 444

Mahowa oil, 537

_Maclura tinctoria_, 485

Mauritius weed, 486

Mangrove bark, for tanning, 493

Mac Micking (Mr.) on making cigars, 620

Margose oil, 537

Macaw tree, 519

Maxwell (Dr.) on Neem oil, 537

Marc of olives, 531

Mango, kernel of, for bread, 378

Marmala water, 574

Malabar cardamoms, 419

Manila, exports of indigo from, 476
exports of sugar from, 153
cigar making, 620
hemp, whence obtained, 321

Mattrasses, stuffed with blades of Indian corn, 281

Macculloch's (Mr.) estimate of indigo, 478

Maize, number of varieties cultivated, 278
analysis of, 264
imported, 218
meal, imported, 218
on the culture of, 260
sugar, 215
information respecting, 9
Dr. Phillip's analysis of, 307
starch of, 334, 335, 337, 343
system of culture in America, 273
culture in the East Indies, 282
immense produce per acre, 281
varieties grown in, Peru, 281
statistics of production in America, 269
statistics of exports from the United States, 272

Malphigia bark, for tanning, 495

Maslin, quantity grown in France, 250

Mace, imports of, 414
false color of, 409
proportion of, to nutmegs, 408

Malt, quantity made, 255

Mahoe, furnishes a dye stuff, 444

Mauritius, exports of pepper, 426
nutmeg introduced in, 412
pepper grown in, 422
cost of sugar cultivation in, 187, 189
tea culture in, 94
progress of sugar culture in, 150
clove culture of, 398, 401
black beans, 304

Mangrove bark, 450, 506

Madagascar cardamoms, 419

_Mangostana Gambogia_, 451, 640

Maple sugar, 205

_Manettia glabra_, 641

Madeira, introduction of the tea plant, 94

Madras, tea culture suitable for, 101
exports of indigo from, 464
cost of producing sugar in, 189

Marah (Mr.) prize essay on coffee culture, 69

Malambo bark, 636

Machinery for sugar, 140
for coffee, 51
for arrowrot, 350, 348
required for the plantain, 324
required for sago, 318

Magdalena river, cacao indigenous on its shores, 14

_Magnolia fuseata_, used to flavor tea, 85

Majoon, an opium confection, 585

Malabar, production of coffee in, 41
cassia, 394
ginger, 415
pepper produced in, 422

Malwa opium, 580

Manure, a special for tobacco, 592

Manures, suited to the coffee tree, 50
for the nutmeg, 406
suited for arrowroot, 347
scarcely required in tropical countries, 6
suited for the sugar cane, 172
suited to maize 278

Manioc, see Cassava

Manihot, species of, 367
_utilissima_, 315

Mansana, a land measure of 100 square yards, or nearly two British statute acres, 455

Manyroot, 625

_Maranta arundinacea_, juice of an antidote to poisons, 627

_Marattia alata_, 380

Maryland tobacco, statistics of, 598, 600

Mate, a name for the Paraguay tea, 133

Matico, 643

Matias bark, 636

Maund of Surat, 39¼ lbs.
an Indian weight of varable quantity

_Melaleuca minor_, 566

_Metrosideros tomentosa_, 505

_Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum_, 494

_Menispermum coceulus_, 576
_palmatum_, 638

Megass, a name given to the dried cane stems, or trash used for fuel, 168

Meleguetta pepper, 420

Melsen's process of sugar boiling, 203

_Mespilus Bengalensis_, 443

Mendo, a wild sweet potato of North America, 372

Menomine, an Indian edible root, 372

Mexican thistle, 626

Mexico, imports of indigo from, 477

_Metroxylon sagus_, 314

Millet, varieties of, cultivated, 304
the great Indian, 306

Miller on tobacco culture, 608

Mill, rude one, used in Siam for hulling paddy, 302
for crushing plantain stems, 327

Mills for cleaning rice, 286, 288

Minot, a Canadian grain measure about one-eighth less than a bushel, 251

Milloco, a tuberous plant, 374

Mint, culture of, 567

Mimosa bark, 504

Mico or mijo, a vegetable butter made in Java, 313, 512

Monkey bread, 378
pot seed oil, 512

Morinda, species of, 443, 449

Morewood (Mr. E.), his exertions in Natal, 140
experiments in sugar culture, 187

Mocha, production of coffee in, 41
cultivation of coffee in,' 43

Mother cloves, definition of, 397

Moussache, the fecula of the manioc, 315

Mountain rice, 285, 290, 296

Morphia, proportion in opium, 584, 585

_Mora excelsa_, 495

_Morinda citrifolia_, 478

Moringa oil, 523
species of, 523

Musa, species of, 319

Musquash root of the Micmacs, 371

Mustard seed, 437

Muscovado sugar, cost of producing, 189

_Mucuna pruriens_, 625
_utilis_, 304

_Muchowa_ oil, 511

_Musa textilis_, 321

Mustard oil, 510, 511
seed, 509, 535

Munjeet, 449

_Munjestha_, 484

_Muracuja ocellata_, a narcotic, 489

_Myrica cerifera_, 494, 540
_macrocarpa_, 542

_Myrtus carophyllata_, 284
_Pimenta_, 430

_Myristica_, varieties of the tree, 401
_sebifera_, 512

Myrobolans, 506

Myrtle wax, 540

Mysore, production of coffee in, 41

_Napoota_ oil, 620

_Nauclea Gambir_, 496

Namur oil, 572

Natal Agricultural Society, its endeavours to promote sugar cultivation, 139
indigo culture in, 463
sugar culture in, 186

_Narthex asafoetida_, 633

_Nelumbium_, seed of, as food, 378
_speciosum_, the source of Chinese arrowroot, 352

New South Wales, suited for madder, 482
tobacco culture in, 621

Negrohead tobacco, 601

New Orleans, capabilities for rice culture, 287
exports of castor oil from, 545

_Nerium_, 453
_oleander_, 495

Neem tree oil, 511, 537

Nicaragua wood, 445, 447

_Nipa fruticana_, 136

Nipah, leaf for thatching, 559

Nicotine, 590

_Nicotium_, species of the plant, 590

Nitrogen, in grain, 307
in the starch plants, 342
234, 310
in the plantain, 323

Nigella, species of, 421

North West Provinces, tea culture in, 117

_Nostoe edulis_, 378

Northern Australia, directions for growing tobacco, 623

Nut oil, price of, 517

Nutgall, tannin in, 492, 495

Nut pine, 377

Nutmeg tree, 401
curing of, 409
wild, 412

_Nux vomica_, 577

_Nyctanthes arbortristes_, 494

_Nymphæa lotus_, starch obtained from, 352

Oats, proportion of oil in, 564
production of in the United Kingdom, 257
imported, 218

Oatmeal, imported 218

Oats and beans, produce of in England, 248

Oak bark, tannin in, 492

Ocas, a tuberous plant, 374

Ocoes or taniers, 331

_Ocymum tuberosum_, 356, 367

Ohio tobacco, statistics of, 598, 600

Oil of aniseed, 438

Oil, proportions of in various crops, 264
obtained from the Cacao seeds 11, 12

Oil of cubebs, 639
of camphor, 634
of cassia, 396

Oil of cloves, 398
of mace, 402
of cinnamon, 389, 390
spikenard, 565
of Ben, 523
cake, 513, 531
mills of India, 535
cakes of the castor seed, 545
cake from coco-nut, 552, 563
coco-nut, 551, 556, 561, 562
from maize, 564
of sandal wood, 565
cake imported, 564
cake, American, 565

Oilcake as a manure, 50
used in China, 313

Oil palm, 525

Oils, burning properties of various, 508

_Oldenlandia umbellata_, 449

Oleaginous plants, 509

_Olea fragrans_, 528
_Europea_, 527

Olives, mode of preserving the fruit, 530

Olive oil, prices of, 531
509, 527
sources of supply, 563

Omen-e-chah, the Indian name for a wild bean, 372

Onions, planted with arrow root, 347

_Ophelia chitrata_, 641

Opium, history and trade of, 580

Orceine, 488

Orchilla weed, 452
weed, imports of, 486

Orchids furnishing salep, 354
an edible species of, 375
roots of some used as food, 377

Orituco cacao, superior quality of, 14

Oryza, varieties of, 284

Orlong, a land measure in the East, equal to 1-1/3 acre, 297

O'Shaughnessy's analysis of Ceylon moss, 380
on opium, 584

Oswego starch factory, 343

Otto of khuskhus, 573

Otaheite cane, 153

Oude, production of indigo in, 464, 475

Oxalic acid, used for vinegar, 312

Oxley (Dr.) on nutmeg culture, 402

Paddy, a name for rice in the husk, 297

Patchouly, 537

Pannam kilingoes, 376

Parchment coffee, 60

_Pao Crava_, one of the spice barks, 384

_Pachyrrhizus angulatus_, 377

Palm oil, imports of, 527
sources of supply, 563

Palm oil, 509, 524
wine, 314
sugar, 136

Palma Christi, 542

Palmetto palm, 495

Palmyra nut, first shoot of, edible, 376

Pan, a masticatory, 577

Pancratium, species of, 625

Pandanus, fruit of eaten as food, 377
_odoratissimus_, 565

Panicum, various species of, 304
_spicatum_, of Roxburgh, 308

_Panax quinquefolium_, 436

_Palos de Velas_, 521

Paper made from plantain fibre, 335

_Papsalum exile_, 310

_Papaver somniferum_, 580

Paraguay tea plant common in Brazil. 130
description of, 133
extent of the trade, 133

Parietinic acid, 488

_Parmenteira cerifera_, 521

Parmelia, species of lichens, 486
a dye-stuff, 488

Peas, analysis of, 264

Peeling coffee, 51, 60
cinnamon, 316

Peligot (Mr.) on the composition of wheat, 230

Pepper, black, 421
pot, a West Indian dish, 369
prices of, 413
duty on, 424

Peppermint oil, 566

Peon, the Spanish term for a laborer, 135

_Persea gratissima_, 444

Perfumed oils, 569

Persian berries, 443

Peas imported, 218

Pessaloo, an Indian name for the _Phaseolus mungo_

Pereira's classification of the cinchonas, 636

Peruvian bark, 635

Pearl sago, 318
of Persia, 316

_Piper angustifolium_, 643

Petty rice, 310

_Pekea_, species of, yielding oil, 512

Pea-nut, 516

Persian tobacco, 615

Phaseolus, varieties of, 312

_Phaseolus Mungo max_, 171

_Phalaris caniesis_, 314

Phlomis, 643

Philippines, cassia brought from, 394

Philippine Islands, sugar cultivation in, 153
production of coffee in, 41
varieties of rice grown in, 302

Philippines, export of indigo from, 476
cigars made in, 620

Phillip's (Dr.) analyses of Guinea corn, 307

_Phyllodadus trichomanoides_, 505

Physic nut, 512, 625

Picul, a Dutch weight of 133-1/3 English pounds, 36

Piddington's (Mr.) analyses of tobacco, 617

Pigeon-pea, 304

Pignons, use of as food, 377

_Pimpinella Anisitm_, 437

Pimento, 430

Pinang, nutmegs in, 412
tea culture attempted, 95
clove culture in, 399, 400
pepper culture in, 425

Piper Betel, 577
_Cubebi_, 639
species of, 421

_Pinus Pinea_, seeds of the cones used for food, 377

Piney tallow, 512

Plantation sugar, imports, 139

Plantado passado, 323

Plantain, dye stuffs obtained from, 444
juice recommended for clarifying sugar, 162
information respecting, 9
starch in, 331
blight, 321
319
leaves, bags made of, 316
meal, 324, 341

Planche, his memoir on the sagos, 315

_Plumeria_, essences of, 524

_Plectranthus graveolens_, 573

Plough used in Brazil, 184

_Polygonum fagopyrum_, 260

_Poa Abyssinica_, 308

Pomegranates, for dyeing, 440

Potash an important element in maize, 267
large quantity in maize, 264

Potatoes, mode of keeping in Peru, 361
average weight per bushel in New Brunswick, 253
composition of, 227
imported, 218
composition of, 264
analysis of varieties, 362
yield per acre, 356

Potato, information respecting, 10
meal, syrup made from, 197
the wild, of North America, 372
starch in, 330
starch, used to adulterate arrowroot, 349
test for detecting, 349
starch, 334, 335, 337, 362
crop of the United States, 361
disease, 358
proposed cure for, 359, 60
crop in Ireland, 358
varieties of, 358
imports of, 359
crop in France, 361

Poisons, 627

_Pomme des Prairies_, of the Canadians, 373

Pounding coffee, 61

Population of Great Britain, &c., 87
of China, 86, 91, 298

Porto Rico, exports of coffee, 77
cost of producing sugar in, 189
production of coffee in, 41
exports of tobacco, 615

Poonac, as manure, 50
549, 552, 561

Pomegranate bark, 493, 495

Poonay oil, 511-13

_Polygonum tinctorium_, 453

_Pongamia glabra_, 521

_Pogostemon patchouly_, 573

Poppy, culture of, 581
oil, used to adulterate olive, 532
509-10-11-18

_Polypodium crassifolium_, used as a perfume, 550

Preserved Plantains, 323

Prices, average of sugar, 145

Prickly poppy, 626

Princeza snuff, 594

Prince of Wales Island, clove culture in, 399

_Prosopis pallida_, 313

Protein compounds, 307, 310, 342

Produce of various plants, 9

Production, average of various plants, 9

Provence oil, 531

Province Wellesley, clove culture in, 400

Prussia, tobacco consumed by, 596
production of beet sugar in, 197-98

Pruning coffee tree, 69

Psoralia, varieties of, 372

_Pteris esculenta_, 380

_Pterocarpus marsupium_, 493
_santalinus_, 445
species of, 507

Pulping mill for coffee, 51

Purging nut, 625

Pulse, culture of, 312

Putchuk or Costus, 438
638

Punjaub, proposed culture of tea in, 101

_Pustulatus_ moss, 486

Qually, an iron vessel for drying sago, 317

Quarree, a Spanish land measure, about 5¾ English acres, 326

Quassia wood, 643

Quas, a fermented Russian beverage, 308

Quercitron, 443
485

_Quercus tinctoria_, 443, 485
_suber_, 504

Quintal, the Spanish cwt., equal to 101¾ lbs. English,

Quinine, imports of, 636
manufacture of, 635

Quillai, bark of, used for soap, 574

Quinoa, 310
species of, 507

Railways, large consumption of oil for, 513

Ramos (Mr.) his dessicating agent for sugar, 140, 162

_Ramalina fufuracea_, 486

Ram-til, 535

Ramsay (Mr. C. J.) on beet sugar manufacture, 200

Ranunculus, properties of, 626

Rape oil, 609

Rape seed, quantity imported, 563
oil, 513
cake, 564

_Raphis fabelliformis_, 314

Red pepper, 429
Sanders wood, 445
Sandal wood, 378

_Reseda lutea_, 452

Revenue from sugar, 143

Rhamnus, varieties of, 442
leaves of, used for tea in China, 105

_Rhizaphora mangle_, 493, 506

Rhubarb, 644

Rhus, species of, 450

_Ricinus communis_, 542

Rial, a Spanish coin worth 6d., 135

Rice starch, 344
imports of, 303
produce per acre, 356
meal for feeding pigs, 383

Rice imported, 218
starch, Jones's process, 303
consumption per head in the East 297
price of in China, 298
time it may be kept, 292
threshing mill for, 288
grown in Demerara, 292
history of, 283
American crop of, 285
returns of produce in Carolina, 291
weight per bushel, 290

_Richardsonia scabra_, 641

Rimu, or red pine, 505

Robertson (Mr.) on the collection of Paraguay tea, 133

Robiquet (E.) analysis of aloes, 629

Rocella dye, 452
species of lichens, 486

Room, an Indian dye stuff, 443

Roucou, a name for arnotto, 447

Rotation of crops, 243

Root crops, 355
prices of in New Brunswick, 254

Rollers, proportionate advantages of those with 3 & 4, 168

Roxburgh on the sugar cane, 179

Roses, cultivation of, 570

_Rottlera tinctoria_, 442

Royle's (Prof.) productive resources of India, 103

_Rubia cordifolia_, 484
_tinctorium_, 478

_Ruellia tuberosa_, 625

Ruellia, a dye stuff, 443

Rupee, an Indian coin worth about, 2s

Russia, production of beet sugar in, 199
consumption of tea in, 92
tea sent to, 87

Rye, analysis of, 258
imported, 218
meal, imported, 218

Sappan wood, 445, 446, 447

Salisbury (Dr.), analysis of maize, 265

Saxony, beet sugar manufacture in, 199

Salt, recommended as a fertiliser, 172

_Santalum album_, 565

Saa-ga-ban root of the Indians, 371

Saga, the Java name for bread, 314
imported, 218
flour, exports of, 318
palms, 314
millet used for, 306

_Saccharum sinensis_ of Roxburgh, 136, 169
_violacum_, 136

Safflower, 450

Salangore sugar cane, an excellent variety, 154

Sandwich Islands, arrowroot made in, 352

Sandbox, seeds of, emetic, 626
tree, 512

Saul tree, wood useful for tea boxes, 114

Sarsaparilla, 645

_Saguerus Rumphii_, 314, 316
_inermis_, 314
_lævis_, 314
_farinifera_, 316

Salep, 354

Samshing, a refuse produce of opium, 585

Sandoway in Arracan produces superior tobacco, 616

Saponaceous plants, 674

Sapindus, varieties of, 574

_Salvadora persica_, 521

_Sapindus marginatus_, 521

Saouari oil, 512

_Sanguinaria canadensis_, 511

Scammony, 642

Scharling's (Dr.) test for adulterated arrowroot, 349

Schomburgk (Sir R.), arrowroot forwarded by, 352
discovers a new tuberous plant, 374
discovers wild plantains, 320

Scotland, produce of grain in, 249
Seed leaf tobacco, 606
wheat in France, 219

Senna, varieties of, 647

Sesame oil, 511, 533

_Setaria italica_, 305
_germanica_, 304

Shanghae oil, 511

Sheet lead, manufacture of for tea cases, 114

_Shorea robusta_, 114, 521

Shier (Dr.), his opinion on cassava starch, 370
analysis of the plantain, 323
on the starch producing plants, 331

Shea butter, 538

Shiraz tobacco, 613

Sicily oil, 531

Siam gamboge, 639
pepper produced in, 422
indigo found wild in, 476
exports of cardamoms, 419

_Sidu lanceolata_, 574

Sugar, obtained from the palm tree, 314
made from millet, 306

_Simaruba amara_, 643

Singapore, produce of gambier in, 501
exports of sago, 318
nutmeg trade of, 413
pepper grown in, 423, 424, 427
nutmeg trees in, 400
produce of mace, 414
extent of clove culture in, 399

Sinapis, species of, yielding oil, 512

Silica, essential for wheat soils, 240

Singhara nuts, 378

Sinde, culture of rice in, 293

Smith (Dr.), his experiments in tea culture in America, 95

Snuff, duty received on, 597

_Sorghum officinarum_, 136
_saccharatum_, 136
_avenaceum_, 307
_vulgare_, 304, 306

Soap, made from coco-nut oil, 559, 562
worts, 575

Soil suited to coffee, 68
for the nutmeg, 403
for cinnamon, analysis of, 384
best suited for wheat, 247
a due consideration and knowledge of, requisite to the planter, 7
suited for tobacco, 586, 587, 607
suited for indigo, 468

Solly (Prof.) on the want of a hand-hook for the cultivator, 1
on barks for tanning, 493

Society of Arts, premiums offered by, 2

Soconusco, the finest cacao, 13

Socotrine aloes, analysis of, 629

_Soja hispida_, 313

Soy, mode of making, 313

Sohrinjee oil, 478, 523

South Australia, tobacco culture in, 624

South Carolina, exports of rice from, 285

Sooranjee, 478, 523

_Spergula sativa_, flour from the seed, 377

_Sphoeroccus crispus_, 379

Spanish moss, 380
tobacco, on the mannagement of, 612
oil, 531

Spices, plants which furnish, 382

Spikenard oil, 572

_Spondius lutea_, 495

_Spergula sativa_, 512

_Stalagmites cambogoides_, 451
_gambogoides_, 63

Star anise, 438

Starch producing plants, 329

Starch contained in various grain crops, 264
made from maize, 265
plants, comparative yield per acre, 339
process of manufacture, 342
large proportion of in rice, 303
proportion of in potatoes, 362

_Statice coriaria_, 444
_Caroliniana_, 494

Stenhouse (Dr.) on the lichens, 490

_Stillingia sebifera_, 512

St. John's bread, 312-13

St. Lucia, cost of cultivating sugar, in, 189
exports of coffee from, 73
shipment of cassava flour, 369

St. Kitt's, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189

St. Domingo, exports of coffee to the United States, 63

St. Vincent, introduction of the clove to, 399
production of arrowroot in, 347
production of coffee in, 41
cost of cultivating sugar in, 189
arrowroot shipped from, 351

Straits settlements, nutmeg culture in, 407
cinnamon culture recommended, 387

Sumbul root, 649

Surat maund, 39¼ lbs., 401

Sumach, 450
tannin in, 495

Sunflower oil, 509-10-36

Sullivan (Mr.) on cost of beet root sugar, 191

Sugar, cost of producing in different countries, 189

Sugar cane, varieties of, 137, 153, 168
mills, relative advantages of different ones, 168
supply, demand and production, 141
plants from which it is obtained, 136, 216

Sugar, information respecting, 10

Sugar maple, 205

Sumatra, production of coffee in, 41

Sumatra, production of pepper in, 422

Sweet cassava, 331

Sweet potato, 330-31-37-65

Swift (Mr.) on the culture of madder, 480

Swamp potato, 373

_Sxygium carophyllæum_, 384

_Sylvanus surinamensis_, 279

Symplocos, varieties of, 442

Tacca plant, species of, 354

Tahiti arrowroot, 354

Talipot palm, furnishes sago, 316

Tallicoonah oil, 518

Tallow tree of China, 512
tree of Java, 511
burning properties of, 509

Tanping, a Chinese oil cake, 312

Tannin of nutgalls, 492

Tannia, 334-35-36-37

Tanahaka bark, 505

Tapioca sago, 315
369

_Tasmannia aromatica_, 421

Taro, 364

Tartareous moss, 486

Taniers, or ocoes, 331

Taurine, Leibig on, 80

Tea, total outlay for by the British public, 86
extent to which the consumption might be pushed, 89
local consumption of in China, 86, 91
tannin in, 495
consumption of, 596
oil, 518
range of prices, 83
consumption of in the British empire, 84
in all other countries, 84
Mr. Montgomery Martin's statistics of, 84
quantity that might be used free of duty, 84
value of the exports from China,
high priced, used in the China market, 85
various Chinese names for, 105
immense trade in, 80
names of the green, 81
black, 81
original cost in China, 85
duty received on, 83

Teel or Til oil, 511, 533

Teff, an African bread, 308

Teinsing, a Chinese vegetable dye, 104

Temperature requisite for various plants, 8, 9

Tempering cane juice, 158

Tenacity of starches, 336

_Terminalia angustifolia_, 494
species of, 506

Terra Japonica, a misnomer, 490
statistics of imports, 502

Teuss, a Chinese legume, 312
oil, 215

Texas, production of sugar in, 147

_Thespesia populnea_, 444

_Thea viridis_, 103, 110
Bohea, 103, 110

Theine, analysis of, 80

Thistle oil, 511, 103, 110, 626
roots as food, 376

Theobromine, 11

_Theobroma_, description of the tree, 11

Tikoor, a local name for Indian arrowroot, 351

Til oil, 511

Tip-sin-ah, a wild prairie turnip of North America, 372

Tinnevelly senna, 648

Ti plant, 355

Tirhoot, production of indigo in, 475

Tobacco, memorial of American Chamber of Commerce, 595
culture of in the East, 615
duty paid on, 594
leaf, Prof. Johnston's analysis, 592
plant, 589
sources of supply, 601
fly, cure for, 607
statistics of American exports, 600
prohibited to be grown in England, 598
method of curing, 605
manufacture increasing in the United States, 599
number of persons engaged in the culture in America, 599
worm, 610
stems, trade in, 598
information respecting, 9
seed oil, 510-18
prices in London, 602
root, a wild edible plant, 376
cost of cultivating sugar in, 189

Tonquin beans, 434

Tous-les-mois, starch of, 330-33-35-37-40

Topinam bar, 365-76

Topping the coffee tree, 68

Towai bark, 505

Toddy, 555

Travers (Mr. J.I.) on consumption of tea, 87

Trinidad, exports of coffee from, 73
indigo in, 460
culture of coffee in, 72
cost of cultivating sugar, 189

_Tropæolum tuberosum_, 536

Tripa, a name for damaged tobacco leaves, 611

_Tripolium alpinum_, 643

Truffle, 381

Tuberous plants, new, recommended, 370

_Tuber cibarium_, 381

Turkey berries, 442
opium, 585

Turmeric, 419, 434, 442
used for coloring tea, 436

Turnips, average weight of crop in New Brunswick, 253

Turpentine, spirits of, 565

Typha bread, 380

Tye, a preparation of opium, 585

_Unearia Gambier_, 496

United States, production of sugar in, 145
supplies of coffee to, 63
imports of tea and value, 92
value of its agricultural produce, 222
former culture of indigo, 461
production of maple sugar in, 215
tea plant introduced, 95

Upland rice, 302
grown in Texas, 285

Ure (Dr.), on arrowroot manufacture, 347
on manioc starch, 368
on tannin in barks, 495
on indigo manufacture, 472

_Urania guianensis_, 444

_Valenaria edulis_, 376

Valonia, 507

Van Diemen's Land, culture of oats in, 258

Vanilla, 431
plant, grows in Brazil, 130

Vara, a Spanish land measure, 9

_Variolaris_, species of lichens, 486

Varzeas, a Portuguese name for low and marshy ground, 183

_Vateria indica_, 512

Vegetable butter, 538
wax, 540
soap, 574

Velvet moss, 486

Venezuela, coffee culture in, 62

_Verbesena sativa_, 535

_Vernonia anthelmentica_, 521

Vinegar, made from millet, 306

Virginian tobacco, statistics of, 598, 600
method of culture, 604

_Virola sebifera_, 401, 512

Voandzou, 371

Voelcker (Dr.), analysis of quinoa, 310

Volatile or essential oils, 565

_Vuelta abajo_, the best class of Cuba tobacco, 613
_arribo_, the inferior kind of ditto, 613

Vulpinic acid, 488

Wabessepin, a wild American potato, 372

Wages paid in the Mauritius, 150

Walnut, oil from, 510

Wangle, oil seed, 533

Watappinee, an Indian edible root, 372

Water, proportion of in different kinds of wheat, 221
quantity in potatoes, 227
for making starch, 341

Wax berries, 546
palm, 541

_Weinmaunia_, bark of, 499
_racemosa_, 505

Weight per bushel of crops in New Brunswick, 253
of coffee per bushel, 47

Wellstead (Lt.) on Socotro aloes, 629

Westring (Dr.) on the Swedish lichens, 489-90

West India ginger, 418

Wheat, weight of, as an index of value, 236
imported, 218
flour do., 218
culture, statistics of, 220
annual produce of, 219
analysis of, by Boussingault, 244
average price of, 249
best soil for, 247
consumption of in England, 248
produce of in England and Wales, 248
information respecting, 10
starch of, 331-35-36-37, 343
composition of the ash of, 241
yield per acre, 240
flour, various analyses of, 237

White pepper, statistics of, 428

Whisky, quantity of maize used for, 271

Wilcockes on Paraguay tea trade, 135

Williams's Middle Kingdom, extract from, 105

_Willoughbeia edulis_, 378

Wilson (Mr. T.) on the cost of producing sugar, 189

Wilson's rice-cleaning machine, 290

Winnowing coffee, 51
machine for tea, 116

Woad, 452

Wood dyes, 449
oil, 511
(Mr.) on indigo culture, Wool manufacture, oil consumed in, 510

Wray's practical sugar planter, 140

_Wrightia tinctoria_, 463

_Xanthoxylum piperitum_, 421
_ochroxylon_, 460

_Xiguilite_, the indigo shrub, 460

_Xylocarpus granatum_, 519

_Xylopia aromatica_, 421

Yam, back, 333, 335, 337-38-39, 362

Yams, varieties of cultivated, 362

Yampah root, 376

Yellow berries, 443

Yerba, Spanish and native name for the Paraguay tea tree, 133

_Yucca amarga_, 331

Yucca, the Peruvian name for cassava, 367, 375

Zamia, arrowroot obtained from, 319, 352
_pumila_, 330

Zanzibar, clove plantations in, 400

_Zea Mays_, description of, 260

_Zingiber officinale_, 414

_Zizania aquatica_, 284

Zones, Meyen's division of, 25

Zollverein, production of beet root sugar in, 198