_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