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New list of stuff to add from "The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom" by
P. L. Simmonds
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Albrus precatorius_, 643
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Acacia bark, 493
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Catechu_, 495, 577
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dealbata_, 505
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Acer saccharinum_, 205
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Acre, coffee trees to the, 69
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Achira plant, 355
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Achote, a name for arnotto, 447
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Acrocomia fusiformis_, 519
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Adeps Myristica_, 402
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Adme cyperus_, 626
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Adenanthera Pavonina_, 378
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Adansonia digitata_, 378
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African arrowroot, 353
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lard, 525
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purple millet, 307
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Africa, pepper grown in, 422
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tobacco culture in, 615
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Agar-Agar moss, 378, 379
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Agi or Guinea pepper, 429
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Agave Americana--a substitute for soap, 574
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Agaiti oil, 520
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Agricultural wealth of tropical regions, 2
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Aipi, 376
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Akyab, exports of rice from, 297
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Aleurites triloba_, 521, 538
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Alexandrian senna, 648
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Algaroba beans, 313
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bark, 503
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Algiers, tobacco culture in, 615
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Alizaine, 478
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Alkanet root, 442
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Allspice, the common name for pimento, 430
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Almond oil, 510, 533
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Aloes, statistics of exports from the Cape, 632
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varieties of, 628
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Alpinia Galanga_, 419
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Cardamomum_, 419
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racemosa_, 414
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Alstræmeria pallida_, 330
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Althea rosea_, 442
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Amaranthus gangiticus_, 434
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American arrowroot, 352
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flour, countries to which, shipped, 223
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Americans consume most coffee, 40
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Amboyna wood, 439
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Amomum_, species of, 419
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Zingiber_, 414
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Anacardium occidentale_, 495, 521
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Analyses, various, of tobacco, 592-93
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Analysis of the coffee plant, 49
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ashes of the coffee tree, 43
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of catechu, 579
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of Havana tobacco, 591, 615
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of other varieties, 615
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of oil cake, 546
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of soils, 617
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of soils, not so requisite abroad, 7
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of the sugar cane, by Dr. Evans, 154
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of sugar soils in the East, 172
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Anethum graveolens_, 376
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Sowa_, seeds of, 434
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Angola weed, 486
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Aniseed, 437
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Antigua arrowroot, statistics of, 353
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cost of cultivating sugar, 189
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Ants, remedy for, 181
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Anchusa tinctoria_, 442
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Andropogon, species of, 572
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Anileria_, a manufactory for indigo, 460
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Apricot oil, 511, 536
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Apios, 355, 371
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Aquilaria, species of, 439
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Arghel leaves, 647
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Arachis hypogoea_, 513
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Arenga saccharifera_, the _gomutus saccharifera_ of Rumphius, 136, 314
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Areometer, an instrument for testing oil, 532
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Arbor alba_, 566
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Areca nuts, value of the exports from Ceylon, 579
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palm, 577
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Argemone Mexicana_, 511, 521, 626
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Arnotto, 447
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Arpent, a French land measure, about one-seventh less than an acre, 251
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Arracan, exports of rice from, 297
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Arracacha esculenta_, 355, 375
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Arrack, 556
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used to flavor tobacco, 621
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Arroba, a Spanish weight of 25 lbs., the fourth part of a quintal.
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Arrowroot, Benzon's analysis of, 348
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culture and commerce of, 345
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made from the Palmyra shoots, 376
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starch of, 331, 334-35, 337
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Arsenic for steeping grain, poisonous effects from, 233
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Artocarpus incisa_, 318, 330
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Arum colocasia_, 364
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esculentum_, 364
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Rumphii_, 365
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Asafoetida, 633
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Asclepias curassavica_, 625
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gigantea_, 494
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tingens_, 442
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Assamee, an Indian name for the ryot or cultivator, 467
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Assam, introduction of tea culture, 94
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tea sales, 98
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Company, origin of, 98
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manufacture of tea in, 126
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Assaroo, rain sowing, 468
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Astoria theiformis_, used as tea at Santa Fe, 80
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Attap leaf for thatching, 405, 559
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Attar of roses, 570
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Aucklandia, 438
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Auracaria Bidwillii_, 377
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Australia, consumption of tea in, 87, 88
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sugar cultivation recommended, 139
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Austria production of beet-root sugar in, 197, 200
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Avicenna tomentosa_, 444
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Avocado seed yields a dye stuff, 444
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Awl tree, 443
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Babool wood, 493
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Bahu, a land measure in Java, equal to 71 acres.
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Bajree, the Indian name for Holcus Spicatus_, 306
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Bales of Cuba tobacco, size of, 613
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Balfour (Prof.) on the starch in potatoes, 330
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Ball's account of the cultivation, &c., of tea, 103
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Banana, starch in, 331
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Baptista tinctoria_, 453
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Barbacue, a platform for coffee drying, 69
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Baphia nitida_, 447
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Barbados arrowroot, 337, 353
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Barcelona, exports of cacao from, 13
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Bark of the larch, its utility, 376
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Barks for tanning, 492
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Barley, history and consumption of, 255
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Barrel of rice weighs 600 lbs. net, 291
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Barus camphor, 634
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Barwood, 445, 447
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Basket of rice, a measure equal to 55½ lbs., English,
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Bassia butyracea_, 136, 512
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Batatas edulis_, 330, 331, 357
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Bauhinia variegata_, 492
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Bayley (Mr.), on consumption of tea in the manufacturing districts
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Bay rush or tapioca, 376
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Beans, analysis of, 264
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Bearing time of different plants, 9
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Beck (Prof.) on various wheats, 222
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Beet root sugar produced on the Continent, 144
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Beet, varieties of the root, 191
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Belgians, large consumers of coffee, 40
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Belgium, production of beet root sugar in, 200
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Benares, production of indigo in, 475
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Ben, oil of, 523
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Bencoolen, pepper grown in, 423
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Bengal, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189
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Bennet on Ceylon, 316
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Bennett (Dr.), description of gambier, 500
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Berar, edible root of, 377
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Berberry, a dye stuff, 442
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Berbice, exports of coffee from, 73
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Bergamot, essence of, 566
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Berger's process of making rice starch, 344
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Bermuda arrowroot, statistics of, 353
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Berry wax, 540
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Betel leaf, 577
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Bhoe Moong, the Indian name for the ground nut, 515
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Bhull rice lands, 293
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Biggah, distinction between this land measure, 471
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Bignonia Chica_, 444
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Bihai, 320
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Bitter cassava, 331
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Bixa orellana_, 447
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Black ginger, 415
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Blood tree, 625
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Bollman (Prof.), on the potato rot, 359
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Bolitus used as food, 377
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Bonynge (Mr. F.) promotes tea culture in America, 97
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Borassus gomutus_, 315
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Borneo, pepper produced in, 422
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Bourbon, cacao grown in, 36
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Bousa, an African beer, 308
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Boussingault's analysis of wheat, 244
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Boyams, food plant, 377
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Bran, analysis of, 231
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Brassica oleracea_, oil from the seed, 539
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Brazilian arrowroot, 330, 367, 369
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Brazil, exports of coffee to America, 63
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Bread fruit, 318, 330
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Brick tea of Thibet, 92
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British Guiana, coffee produced in, 73
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Brood-boon, 319
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Bromelia Pinguin, fruit of, used for soap, 574
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Broom corn, 307, 308
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Brosimum alicastrum_, edible nuts of, 319
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Broussonitia tinctoria_, 485
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Brown bread, its wholesomeness, 230
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Bruce, (Mr. C.A.) on the manufacture of tea in Assam, 126
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Buchanania latifolia_, 494, 521
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Buckwheat, average weight of crop in New Brunswick, 253
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Buck yam, 333, 335, 362
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Bullhoof, yields a narcotic, 589
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Bunbury (Mr.) on Cape aloes, 632
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Butch wood, used to keep off ants, 181
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Butea frondosa_, 507
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Butter of cacao, 11, 12
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Cabacinha_, the Portuguese name for a purgative plant, 626
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Caballine aloes, 630
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Cacao beans or seeds, analysis of, 12
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Cacomite, a species of Tigridia, 374
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Cacoon, oil from, 511
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Cadet's analysis of barks, 495
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Cæsalpinia_, species of, 446
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Cæsalpinia Coriari_, 493
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Caffeine, analysis of, 80
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Cajeput oil, 566
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Caladium costatium_, 377
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Calambak wood, 439
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Calandra oryza_, 279
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Calcutta, exports of castor oil, 545
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Calidad, the best kind of Cuba tobacco, 613
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California, tea proposed to be cultivated in, 97
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Callistemon ellipticum_, 505
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Calophyllum Inophyllum_, 513
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Calumba plant, 638
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Calumbin, 638
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Calystegia sepium_, 642
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Camassia esculenta_, 376
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Camata, a variety of valonia, 508
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Camelina sativa_, 509, 511, 564
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Camotes, a Spanish name for the sweet potato, 375
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Camæladia ilicifolia_, 628
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Campbell (Dr. A.), on the tea culture at Darjeeling, 116
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Camphor, on the collection of, 633
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Cannabis indica_, 643
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Camwood, 447
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Canada, production of maple sugar in, 206
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Canadian yellow root, 626
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Canary Isles, millet exported from, 306
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Candleberry myrtle, 540
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Candlewood, 539
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Candles made of cinnamon suet, 390
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Candle tree, 521, 538
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Cane sugar, composition of, 136, 155, 157
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Canella alba_, 396
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Canna, species of, 355
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Canothus Americanus_, used as tea, 80
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Caoutchouc, 539
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Capa, a term in Cuba for good tobacco, 614
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Cape aloes, manufacture of, 631
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Capsicum, 428
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Carapa_, species yielding oil, 518
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Caracas, large produce of cacao in, 13
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Caraveru, a red pigment, 444
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Carraway seed oil, 437, 566
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Cardomoms, bastard, 419
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Carduus Virginianus_, 376
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Carob bean, 312, 313
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Carolina rice, shipments of, 285
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Carrageen, 379
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Carrots, average weight per bushel in New Brunswick, 253
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Carthamus tinctoria_, 450
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Caruto, a name for the Lana dye, 444
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Carver's treatise on tobacco culture, 607
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Carum carui_, 566
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Caryophyllus aromaticus_, 397
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Caryota urens_, 314
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Cascarilla bark, 396
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Cashew bark, 495
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Cassareep, an antiseptic, 339, 343, 369
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Cassava cakes, 342
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Cassia, a rival to cinnamon, 391
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Castor oil, 510, 511, 527, 536, 542, 563
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Catechu or Cutch, 579
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Cattle, consumption of Indian corn by, 271
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Catty, a Chinese weight, 400
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Cayenne, nutmeg introduced, 412
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Celastrus paniculatus_, 521
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Celebes, coffee grown in, 62
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Centrifugal machine for sugar, 140
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Cephælis Ipecacuanhæ_, 641
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Ceratonia siliqua_, 312, 313
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Cereal grasses, 216
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Ceroxyion andicola_, 541
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Cersium virginianum_, 376
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Cetraria islandica_, 343, 379
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Ceylon arrowroot, 353
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Ceylon, exports of castor oil from, 545
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Chay root, 449, 478
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Chamarops Palmetto_, 495
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Chandu, the prepared extract of the opium, 585
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Chenopodium quinon_, 310
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Cherrots, Manilla, 619
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Chesnuts, consumed in France, 361
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Chest of opium, about 140 lbs., 58
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Chick pea, 312
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Chicory, extensive consumption of, 37
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Chillies, growth of, 428
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Chimo, powdered potatoes, 361
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China, population of, 86
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Chinese arrowroot, 352
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Chironia sapinda_, 521
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Chloranthus_, flowers used to flavor tea, 85
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Chocolate nuts, 11
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Christison (Prof.), analysis of gamboge, 640
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Chiretta, 641
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Chrysoptranic acid, 488
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Cibotium Billardieri_, 380
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Cigars, consumption of, 596
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Cinchona bark, 635
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Cinnamon, 382
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Citronella oil, 565, 573
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Clagett and Co.'s (Messrs.) tobacco circulars, 601
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Clarifying cane juice, 155
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Clark, (Mr.) on a new variety of tobacco, 613
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Classification and arrangement adopted in the work, 5
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Claytonia acutiflora_, 371
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Clerihew's coffee apparatus, 52
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Climate suited for various plants, 9
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Clove bark, 383
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Cloves, 397
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Cobres a first quality of indigo, 456
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Coca plant, 576
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Cocculus indicus_, 576
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Cochin China, coco nut oil exported from, 556
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Cochineal, value of the dye stuff, 440
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Cocoa, see Cacao, 9
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Cocos nucifera_, 547
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Cocum oil, 521
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Coffee, adulteration of, and substitutes for, 37
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Coimbatore, culture of tobacco in, 618.
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Coir, Coco nut, 551, 552, 555, 556.
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Colman (Mr.), on grain production, 219
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Colocasia_, varieties of cultivated, 364
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Colocynth_, 638
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Colombo root, 638
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Coloring principles of the lichens, 487
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Colza oil, 510, 513, 539
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Conium Arracacha_, 375
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Connecticut, culture of tobacco in, 606
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Consumption of rhubarb, 645
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Convolvulus Jalapa_, 641
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Conquin tay, plantain meal, 324
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Constantinople opium, 585
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Consumption of arrowroot, 354
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Convolvulus batatas_, 333, 334, 356
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Coolies employed in Mauritius, 150
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Copey, a Cuba dye wood, 485
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Copperah, 536, 549, 556, 560, 661
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Corakan flour, 304
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Coriander seed, 437
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Coriaria myrtifolia_, 493
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Cork tree bark, 504
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Corn, the common name for maize in America, 270
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Cortes, a description of indigo, 456
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Corypha umbraculifera_, 316
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Costus Arabicus_, 438
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Costa Rica, production of coffee in, 41, 64
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Cotton, information respecting, 9
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Courida bark, 495
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Cow-itch, 625
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Crane potato, 372
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Crawfurd (Mr. J.), estimate of pepper produce, 422
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Croix lachryma_, 304
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Crop hogshead of tobacco, weight of, 605
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Croton Cascarilla_, 396
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Cuba, coffee plantations in, 77
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Cubebs, medicinal, 639
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Cucumber seed oil, 512
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Cucumis Colocynthus_, 638
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Cudbear, imports of, 486
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Culilaban bark, 383
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Curcuma longa_, 419
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Curry stuff, imports into Ceylon, 434
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Cush, an Indian name for millet, 306
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Cutch, the Indian name for catechu, or gambier, 600
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Cuyupa, an Indian tuber, 374
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Cycas circinalis_, 314
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Cynamchum_ leaves, 649
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Cynosurus corocanus_, 306
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Cytisus Cajan_, 304
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Dacrydium cupressinum_, 505
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Dadap, a prop for the pepper, 425, 42
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Datisca cannabina_, 442
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Davis' (Dr.), analysis of maize, 265
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Day's analysis of barks, 495
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Demerara, exports of coffee from, 73
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Dholl, the Indian name for varieties of Cajanus_, 312
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Dhak tree, bark of, 507
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Dhurra, the Egyptian name for millet, 306
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Dicypellium caryophyllatum_, 384
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Didynamia gymosperma_, 520
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Dietetic articles used for the preparation of popular beverages, 11
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Dillock, a preparation with cayenne, 429
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Dioscorea aculeata_, 334, 362
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Diospyros glutinosa_, 494
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Dipterix odorata_, 434
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Dipterocarpus_, oil from, 511
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Divi-divi, 503
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Division of seasons in the tropics, 6
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Dodder cake, 564
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Dogwood, bark of, 627
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Dolichos biflorus_, varieties of, 312
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Domba oil, 513
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Dominica, exports of coffee from, 73
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Dracæna terminalis_, 355
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Drimys bark, 636
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Dryobalanops, species furnishing camphor, 634
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Dubranfaut's process of sugar making, 197, 201
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Dunsterville (Mr.), on Cape aloes, 631
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Duquesne (M.), process of making sugar from beet, 202
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Duration of various plants, 9
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Dutch pound, lighter than the English avoirdupoise pound; 100 Dutch pounds equal to 101 and 1-5th lbs.
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Dutch West Indies, production of coffee in, 41
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Duty, large, levied on tobacco, 598
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Dye stuffs, various, 440
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Dye woods, 445, 447
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Eagle wood, 439
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Earth mouse, 374
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Earth-nut oil, 513
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East India ginger, 416, 418
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East Indies, imports of indigo from, 477
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Eddoes or cocos, 364
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Edward's preserved potatoes, 361
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Egyptian corn, 307
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Elais, species furnishing palm oil, 524
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Elate sylvestris_ fruit, a masticatory, 579
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Elettaria Cardomomum_, 421
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Eleusine corocana_, 304
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Encephalartos cafer_, 319
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English opium, 586
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Eno bark, a black dye, 444
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Epidendrum_, species of, 431
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Ervum lens_, 312
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Erythric acid, 489
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Erythrina, a shade tree for the cacao, 15
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Erysimum perfoliatum_, oil from, 512
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Essences, 565
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Essential oils, 565
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Ethiopian pepper, 421
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Eucalyptus_, bark of, for tanning, 494
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Eugenia caryophyllata_, 397
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Eulophia virens_, 354
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Eupatorium glutinosum_, 643
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Euphorbia Lathyris_, 510
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Euterpe montana_, 549
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Evans' (Dr.) Sugar Planter's Manual, 140
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Evernia vulpina_, 488
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Evodia triphylla_, used as a perfume, 550
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Factory maund, about 70 pounds, 471
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Fagara piperita_, 421
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Fanega, a Spanish measure, the fifth part of an English quarter, equal to 12 quarrees, or 62 and 2-5ths acres, 13, 327
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Fanegada, a Spanish land measure, 9
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Farinaceous plants, 216
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Fennel flower, 421
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Ferula asafoetida_, 633
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Fern roots as food, 377, 380
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Fevillea scandens_, 511
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Finlayson's description of gambier manufacture, 500
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Fish oils consumed, 509
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Fitzmaurice on the sugar cane, 180
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Fixed oils, 510
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Flax seed oil, 509, 501
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Flores, a commercial classification of indigo, 456
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Florida, tobacco culture in, 609
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Flour, damaged, shipped from America, 227
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Flowering of the sugar cane, 182
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Food plants of commerce, 217
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Foo-foo, the dough of the plantain, 324
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Fortune (Mr. R.) on the tea districts, 89
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Fortune's (Mr. R.) wanderings in China, 103
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Fownes (Mr.) on clarifying cane juice, 164
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France, production of beet sugar in, 194, 200
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Frazla, the Arabian name for a bale of variable weight, in Mocha about 16 lbs. avoirdupoise,
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Free trade policy, effects of, 2
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French berries for dyeing, 443
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Fucus amylaceus_, 380
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Fundi or Fundungi, an African grain, 310
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Fustic, 445, 447, 485
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Gallipoli oil, 531
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Gallo tannic acid, 492
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Galidupa arborea_, 521
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Garancine, quantity and value of, 483, 484
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Gambier plant, 496
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Gamboge, 451
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Garcinea elliptica_, 451
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Garbelled, a term for sorted or picked
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Gabilla, a finger or hank of tobacco, 613
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Galangale root, 351, 418
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Garcinea Gambogia_, 640
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Garnett (Mr. A.) on the culture of the plantain, 320
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Galam butter, 538
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Gastrodia sesamoides_, 375
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Gesner (Dr.), plants recommended by, for cultivation, 371
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Genipa Americana_, 444
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Genista tinctorea_, 453
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Gentian, plants furnishing it, 640
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Ghee, 538
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Ginger, culture of, 414
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Gin, made from rye in Holland, 258
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Gigartina Iichenoides_, 379
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Gingelie seed oil, 511, 533
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Ginseng, 436
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Glen (Mr. J.), his experiments on Cassava starch, 370
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Gloves made from bark, 376
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Gluten contained in various grain crops, 264
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Gluten, composition of, 221
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Glycirrhiza, 643
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Glyrine Apios_, 371
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Glycerine, 643
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Glycirrhiza glabra_, 642
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Gnizotia oleifera_, 535
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Gohyan, an Indian name for upland rice, 282
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Gold of pleasure oil, 509
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Gomuti palm sugar, 136
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Gomatus saccharifer_, 314
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Goor, the Indian name for half-made sugar, 308
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Gorham's (Prof.) analysis of maize, 264
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Gourds used for packing aloes, 630
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Gracelaria lichenoides_, 379
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Graham (Dr.), on gamboge, 639
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Gram, the Indian name for the Ervum lens_, and _Cicer arietinum_, 312
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Grain crops, 217
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Grape sugar, properties of, 136
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Grater for rasping arrowroot, 338
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Grenada, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189
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Great Exhibition, results of, 2
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Green tea, mode of manufacturing, 113
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Griffith (Dr.) on tea plants in Assam, 111
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Groundnut oil, 511
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Guano, not much required in tropical countries, 7
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Guayaquil, large exports of cocoa from, 13
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Guazuma ulmifolia_, 164
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Guillemen's (M.) report on the tea plantations of Brazil, 128
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Guiana, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189
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Guinea pepper, 429
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Gums used by the dyers, 453
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Gum tree of Australia, 494
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Gun stock tree, 164
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Gunnera scabra_, 495
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Gunny bags, rough canvas bags, 392
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Guntang, an Indian dry measure of rather more than 15 pounds, 297
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Guaco, or snake plant, 627
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Gynerium saccharoides_, 136
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Gyrophora murina_, 486
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Hamatoxylon campechianum_, 484
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Hamilton (Dr.), on oil of ben, 523
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Havana tobacco, classification of, 613
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Hayti, exports of tobacco, 615
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Hazel nut, oil from, 510
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Hebradendron Cambogoides_, 451, 639
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Heather, dye from, 453
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Hectare, a French land measure, equal to about 2½ acres, 204
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Hectolitre, a French measure 192¼ bushel's
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Helot's lichen test, 452
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Herreria sarsaparilla, 646
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Heliconia humilis_, 320
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Hemlock tree, bark of, 494
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Hemp seed oil, 509
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Henna, a dye stuff, 486
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Hepatic aloes, 630
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Herring's palm kernel oil, 525
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Hernandez (Mr.) on Cuba tobacco, 608
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Heuchera Americana_, 494
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Hibiscus rosa sinensis_, 494
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Hingalee, the best Bengal tobacco, 617
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Hino bark, 606
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Hogs, large consumption of maize by, 271
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Holcomb (Mr.) on the wheat crop of America, 245
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Holcus avenaceus_, 307
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Holland, tea sent to, 86
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Honduras, export of indigo from, 460
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Hooker (Dr.) on brick tea, 92
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Hops, cascarilla bark used to adulterate, 397
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Horse gram, 312
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Hungary, production of beet sugar in, 197
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Hura crepitans_, 512, 626
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Husking rice, 290
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Hydraulic press for coco nut oil, 557
-
Hydrastica canadensis_, 625
-
Hymenoea Courbaril_, 313
-
Hyperanthera Moringa_, 523
-
Hypericum, species of, furnishes gamboge, 454, 640
I
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Iceland moss, 343, 379
-
Illepe oil, 537, 511
-
Ilex Paraguayensis_, indigenous to Brazil, 130
-
Illicum anisatum_, 438
-
Impey (Dr.) on Malwa opium, 587
-
Implements of colonial agriculture few and simple, 6
-
Imports of arrowroot, 351, 354
-
Import commerce, our principal, articles furnished by the Vegetable Kingdom, 4
-
Incense wood, 439
-
Indigo, details of, 453
-
Indigofera_, species of, 453
-
India, tea culture in, 98
-
Indiana, tobacco culture in, 607
-
Indian aloes, 630
-
Indian corn, weight of, 280
-
Intoxicating liquors made from Cassava, 369
-
Iodine, 378
-
Ipecacuan, bastard, 653
-
Ipomoea batatas_, 365
-
Ireland, tobacco consumed in, 596
-
Irish rock moss, 379
-
Iron, quantity of, in tobacco, 617
-
Irrigation for the tea plant never practised in China, 122
-
Isatis Indigotica_,104
J
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Jaggery sugar, 555
-
Japanese camphor, 633
-
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
-
Jameson (Dr.) on the culture of tea in India, 106
-
Java, cinnamon cultivated in, 383, 392
-
Jack fruit tree, 319
-
Janipha, starch in, 331
-
Jasmine oil, 570, 574
-
Jatropha gossypyfolia_, 625
-
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
-
Jones's process for making rice starch, 344
-
Jumowah, irrigated sowings, 468
-
Juniperus, oil of, 565
K
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Kafir bread, 319
-
Kamas root, an edible, 376
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Kanari kernels made into cakes, 547
-
Katjang oil, produce of the ground nut, 515, 299
-
Kawan, the Java tallow tree, 511
-
Kashmir, culture of rice in, 295
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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
-
Kilogramme, a French weight, equal to 21bs. 3oz. avoird., 194
-
Kino, Australian, 506
-
Knowltonia vessicatoria_, 626
-
Koster's Travels in Brazil, 186
-
Kous-kous, 311
-
Kooyah plant, 376
-
Kukui oil, 539
-
Kumaon, tea plantations in, 117
L
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Laudanum, 584
-
Lawsonia inermis_, 486
-
Laminaria saccharina_, 379
-
Lathyrus tuberosus_,374
-
Larch bark edible, 376
-
Laurus camphora_, 633, 35
-
La Guayra, cacao from, 13
-
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
-
Little (Mr.) on opium, 587
-
Libra, a Spanish kind of tobacco, 613
-
Liquorice, 642
-
Logwood, 445, 447, 484
-
Lotus seeds, used as food, 356
-
Locust tree, 313
-
Louisiana, cost of producing sugar in, 189
-
Loxa bark, 636
-
Luffas, properties of, 626
-
Luggie, a measuring rod, 471
-
Lucca oil, 531
M
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Macfarlane (Mr. A.) on the tea plant,117
-
Madder, culture of, 478
-
Madia sativa_ oil, 520
-
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
-
Mattrasses, stuffed with blades of Indian corn, 281
-
Macculloch's (Mr.) estimate of indigo, 478
-
Maize, number of varieties cultivated, 278
-
Malphigia bark, for tanning, 495
-
Maslin, quantity grown in France, 250
-
Mace, imports of, 414
-
Malt, quantity made, 255
-
Mahoe, furnishes a dye stuff, 444
-
Mauritius, exports of pepper, 426
-
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
-
Marah (Mr.) prize essay on coffee culture, 69
-
Malambo bark, 636
-
Machinery for sugar, 140
-
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
-
Malwa opium, 580
-
Manure, a special for tobacco, 592
-
Manures, suited to the coffee tree, 50
-
Manioc, see Cassava
-
Manihot, species of, 367
-
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
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Matico, 643
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Matias bark, 636
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Maund of Surat, 39¼ lbs.
-
Melaleuca minor_, 566
-
Metrosideros tomentosa_, 505
-
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum_, 494
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Menispermum coceulus_, 576
-
Megass, a name given to the dried cane stems, or trash used for fuel, 168
-
Meleguetta pepper, 420
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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
-
Miller on tobacco culture, 608
-
Mill, rude one, used in Siam for hulling paddy, 302
-
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
-
Morinda, species of, 443, 449
-
Morewood (Mr. E.), his exertions in Natal, 140
-
Mocha, production of coffee in, 41
-
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
-
Musa, species of, 319
-
Musquash root of the Micmacs, 371
-
Mustard seed, 437
-
Muscovado sugar, cost of producing, 189
-
Mucuna pruriens_, 625
-
Muchowa_ oil, 511
-
Musa textilis_, 321
-
Mustard oil, 510, 511
-
Munjeet, 449
-
Munjestha_, 484
-
Muracuja ocellata_, a narcotic, 489
-
Myrica cerifera_, 494, 540
-
Myrtus carophyllata_, 284
-
Myristica_, varieties of the tree, 401
-
Myrobolans, 506
-
Myrtle wax, 540
-
Mysore, production of coffee in, 41
N
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Napoota_ oil, 620
-
Nauclea Gambir_, 496
-
Namur oil, 572
-
Natal Agricultural Society, its endeavours to promote sugar cultivation, 139
-
Narthex asafoetida_, 633
-
Nelumbium_, seed of, as food, 378
-
New South Wales, suited for madder, 482
-
Negrohead tobacco, 601
-
New Orleans, capabilities for rice culture, 287
-
Nerium_, 453
-
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
-
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
-
Nux vomica_, 577
-
Nyctanthes arbortristes_, 494
-
Nymphæa lotus_, starch obtained from, 352
O
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Oats, proportion of oil in, 564
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Oatmeal, imported 218
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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
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Ohio tobacco, statistics of, 598, 600
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Oil of aniseed, 438
-
Oil, proportions of in various crops, 264
-
Oil of cubebs, 639
-
Oil of cloves, 398
-
Oilcake as a manure, 50
-
Oil palm, 525
-
Oils, burning properties of various, 508
-
Oldenlandia umbellata_, 449
-
Oleaginous plants, 509
-
Olea fragrans_, 528
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Olives, mode of preserving the fruit, 530
-
Olive oil, prices of, 531
-
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
-
Orchids furnishing salep, 354
-
Orituco cacao, superior quality of, 14
-
Oryza, varieties of, 284
-
Orlong, a land measure in the East, equal to 1-1/3 acre, 297
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O'Shaughnessy's analysis of Ceylon moss, 380
-
Oswego starch factory, 343
-
Otto of khuskhus, 573
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Otaheite cane, 153
-
Oude, production of indigo in, 464, 475
-
Oxalic acid, used for vinegar, 312
-
Oxley (Dr.) on nutmeg culture, 402
P
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Paddy, a name for rice in the husk, 297
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Patchouly, 537
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Pannam kilingoes, 376
-
Parchment coffee, 60
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Pao Crava_, one of the spice barks, 384
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Pachyrrhizus angulatus_, 377
-
Palm oil, imports of, 527
-
Palm oil, 509, 524
-
Palma Christi, 542
-
Palmetto palm, 495
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Palmyra nut, first shoot of, edible, 376
-
Pan, a masticatory, 577
-
Pancratium, species of, 625
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Pandanus, fruit of eaten as food, 377
-
Panicum, various species of, 304
-
Panax quinquefolium_, 436
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Palos de Velas_, 521
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Paper made from plantain fibre, 335
-
Papsalum exile_, 310
-
Papaver somniferum_, 580
-
Paraguay tea plant common in Brazil. 130
-
Parietinic acid, 488
-
Parmenteira cerifera_, 521
-
Parmelia, species of lichens, 486
-
Peas, analysis of, 264
-
Peeling coffee, 51, 60
-
Peligot (Mr.) on the composition of wheat, 230
-
Pepper, black, 421
-
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
-
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
-
Philippines, export of indigo from, 476
-
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
-
Piper Betel, 577
-
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
-
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
-
Potatoes, mode of keeping in Peru, 361
-
Potato, information respecting, 10
-
Poisons, 627
-
Pomme des Prairies_, of the Canadians, 373
-
Pounding coffee, 61
-
Population of Great Britain, &c., 87
-
Porto Rico, exports of coffee, 77
-
Poonac, as manure, 50
-
Pomegranate bark, 493, 495
-
Poonay oil, 511-13
-
Polygonum tinctorium_, 453
-
Pongamia glabra_, 521
-
Pogostemon patchouly_, 573
-
Poppy, culture of, 581
-
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
-
Pruning coffee tree, 69
-
Psoralia, varieties of, 372
-
Pteris esculenta_, 380
-
Pterocarpus marsupium_, 493
-
Pulping mill for coffee, 51
-
Purging nut, 625
-
Pulse, culture of, 312
-
Putchuk or Costus, 438
-
Punjaub, proposed culture of tea in, 101
-
Pustulatus_ moss, 486
Q
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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
-
Quercus tinctoria_, 443, 485
-
Quintal, the Spanish cwt., equal to 101¾ lbs. English,
-
Quinine, imports of, 636
-
Quillai, bark of, used for soap, 574
-
Quinoa, 310
R
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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
-
Raphis fabelliformis_, 314
-
Red pepper, 429
-
Reseda lutea_, 452
-
Revenue from sugar, 143
-
Rhamnus, varieties of, 442
-
Rhizaphora mangle_, 493, 506
-
Rhubarb, 644
-
Rhus, species of, 450
-
Ricinus communis_, 542
-
Rial, a Spanish coin worth 6d., 135
-
Rice starch, 344
-
Rice imported, 218
-
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
-
Room, an Indian dye stuff, 443
-
Roucou, a name for arnotto, 447
-
Rotation of crops, 243
-
Root crops, 355
-
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
-
Ruellia tuberosa_, 625
-
Ruellia, a dye stuff, 443
-
Rupee, an Indian coin worth about, 2s
-
Russia, production of beet sugar in, 199
-
Rye, analysis of, 258
S
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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
-
Saccharum sinensis_ of Roxburgh, 136, 169
-
Safflower, 450
-
Salangore sugar cane, an excellent variety, 154
-
Sandwich Islands, arrowroot made in, 352
-
Sandbox, seeds of, emetic, 626
-
Saul tree, wood useful for tea boxes, 114
-
Sarsaparilla, 645
-
Saguerus Rumphii_, 314, 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
-
Scotland, produce of grain in, 249
-
Seed leaf tobacco, 606
-
Senna, varieties of, 647
-
Sesame oil, 511, 533
-
Setaria italica_, 305
-
Shanghae oil, 511
-
Sheet lead, manufacture of for tea cases, 114
-
Shorea robusta_, 114, 521
-
Shier (Dr.), his opinion on cassava starch, 370
-
Shea butter, 538
-
Shiraz tobacco, 613
-
Sicily oil, 531
-
Siam gamboge, 639
-
Sidu lanceolata_, 574
-
Sugar, obtained from the palm tree, 314
-
Simaruba amara_, 643
-
Singapore, produce of gambier in, 501
-
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
-
Soap, made from coco-nut oil, 559, 562
-
Soil suited to coffee, 68
-
Solly (Prof.) on the want of a hand-hook for the cultivator, 1
-
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
-
Spices, plants which furnish, 382
-
Spikenard oil, 572
-
Spondius lutea_, 495
-
Spergula sativa_, 512
-
Stalagmites cambogoides_, 451
-
Star anise, 438
-
Starch producing plants, 329
-
Starch contained in various grain crops, 264
-
Statice coriaria_, 444
-
Stenhouse (Dr.) on the lichens, 490
-
Stillingia sebifera_, 512
-
St. John's bread, 312-13
-
St. Lucia, cost of cultivating sugar, in, 189
-
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
-
Straits settlements, nutmeg culture in, 407
-
Sumbul root, 649
-
Surat maund, 39¼ lbs., 401
-
Sumach, 450
-
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
-
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
T
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Tacca plant, species of, 354
-
Tahiti arrowroot, 354
-
Talipot palm, furnishes sago, 316
-
Tallicoonah oil, 518
-
Tallow tree of China, 512
-
Tanping, a Chinese oil cake, 312
-
Tannin of nutgalls, 492
-
Tannia, 334-35-36-37
-
Tanahaka bark, 505
-
Tapioca sago, 315
-
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
-
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
-
Terra Japonica, a misnomer, 490
-
Teuss, a Chinese legume, 312
-
Texas, production of sugar in, 147
-
Thespesia populnea_, 444
-
Thea viridis_, 103, 110
-
Theine, analysis of, 80
-
Thistle oil, 511, 103, 110, 626
-
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
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Tonquin beans, 434
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Tous-les-mois, starch of, 330-33-35-37-40
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Topinam bar, 365-76
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Topping the coffee tree, 68
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Towai bark, 505
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Toddy, 555
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Travers (Mr. J.I.) on consumption of tea, 87
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Trinidad, exports of coffee from, 73
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Tropæolum tuberosum_, 536
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Tripa, a name for damaged tobacco leaves, 611
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Tripolium alpinum_, 643
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Truffle, 381
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Tuberous plants, new, recommended, 370
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Tuber cibarium_, 381
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Turkey berries, 442
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Turmeric, 419, 434, 442
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Turnips, average weight of crop in New Brunswick, 253
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Turpentine, spirits of, 565
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Typha bread, 380
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Tye, a preparation of opium, 585
U
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Unearia Gambier_, 496
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United States, production of sugar in, 145
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Upland rice, 302
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Ure (Dr.), on arrowroot manufacture, 347
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Urania guianensis_, 444
V
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Valenaria edulis_, 376
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Valonia, 507
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Van Diemen's Land, culture of oats in, 258
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Vanilla, 431
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Vara, a Spanish land measure, 9
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Variolaris_, species of lichens, 486
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Varzeas, a Portuguese name for low and marshy ground, 183
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Vateria indica_, 512
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Vegetable butter, 538
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Velvet moss, 486
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Venezuela, coffee culture in, 62
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Verbesena sativa_, 535
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Vernonia anthelmentica_, 521
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Vinegar, made from millet, 306
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Virginian tobacco, statistics of, 598, 600
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Virola sebifera_, 401, 512
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Voandzou, 371
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Voelcker (Dr.), analysis of quinoa, 310
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Volatile or essential oils, 565
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Vuelta abajo_, the best class of Cuba tobacco, 613
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Vulpinic acid, 488
W
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Wabessepin, a wild American potato, 372
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Wages paid in the Mauritius, 150
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Walnut, oil from, 510
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Wangle, oil seed, 533
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Watappinee, an Indian edible root, 372
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Water, proportion of in different kinds of wheat, 221
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Wax berries, 546
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Weinmaunia_, bark of, 499
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Weight per bushel of crops in New Brunswick, 253
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Wellstead (Lt.) on Socotro aloes, 629
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Westring (Dr.) on the Swedish lichens, 489-90
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West India ginger, 418
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Wheat, weight of, as an index of value, 236
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White pepper, statistics of, 428
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Whisky, quantity of maize used for, 271
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Wilcockes on Paraguay tea trade, 135
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Williams's Middle Kingdom, extract from, 105
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Willoughbeia edulis_, 378
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Wilson (Mr. T.) on the cost of producing sugar, 189
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Wilson's rice-cleaning machine, 290
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Winnowing coffee, 51
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Woad, 452
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Wood dyes, 449
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Wray's practical sugar planter, 140
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Wrightia tinctoria_, 463
X
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Xanthoxylum piperitum_, 421
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Xiguilite_, the indigo shrub, 460
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Xylocarpus granatum_, 519
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Xylopia aromatica_, 421
Y
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Yam, back, 333, 335, 337-38-39, 362
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Yams, varieties of cultivated, 362
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Yampah root, 376
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Yellow berries, 443
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Yerba, Spanish and native name for the Paraguay tea tree, 133
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Yucca amarga_, 331
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Yucca, the Peruvian name for cassava, 367, 375
Z
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Zamia, arrowroot obtained from, 319, 352
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Zanzibar, clove plantations in, 400
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Zea Mays_, description of, 260
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Zingiber officinale_, 414
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Zizania aquatica_, 284
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Zones, Meyen's division of, 25
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Zollverein, production of beet root sugar in, 198