INDEX.

Albrus precatorius, 643 Acacia bark, 493 Catechu, 495, 577 dealbata, 505 Acer saccharinum, 205 Acre, coffee trees to the, 69 Achira plant, 355 Achote, a name for arnotto, 447 Acrocomia fusiformis, 519 Adeps Myristica, 402 Adme cyperus, 626 Adenanthera Pavonina, 378 Adansonia digitata, 378 African arrowroot, 353 lard, 525 purple millet, 307 Africa, pepper grown in, 422 tobacco culture in, 615 Agar-Agar moss, 378, 379 Agi or Guinea pepper, 429 Agave Americana—a substitute for soap, 574 Agaiti oil, 520 Agricultural wealth of tropical regions, 2 Aipi, 376 Akyab, exports of rice from, 297 Aleurites triloba, 521, 538 Alexandrian senna, 648 Algaroba beans, 313 bark, 503 Algiers, tobacco culture in, 615 Alizaine, 478 Alkanet root, 442 Allspice, the common name for pimento, 430 Almond oil, 510, 533 Aloes, statistics of exports from the Cape, 632 varieties of, 628 Alpinia Galanga, 419 Cardamomum, 419 racemosa, 414 Alstræmeria pallida, 330 Althea rosea, 442 Amaranthus gangiticus, 434 American arrowroot, 352 flour, countries to which, shipped, 223 Americans consume most coffee, 40 Amboyna wood, 439 Amomum, species of, 419 Zingiber, 414 Anacardium occidentale, 495, 521 Analyses, various, of tobacco, 592-93 Analysis of the coffee plant, 49 ashes of the coffee tree, 43 of catechu, 579 of Havana tobacco, 591, 615 of other varieties, 615 of oil cake, 546 of soils, 617 of soils, not so requisite abroad, 7 of the sugar cane, by Dr. Evans, 154 of sugar soils in the East, 172 Anethum graveolens, 376 Sowa, seeds of, 434 Angola weed, 486 Aniseed, 437 Antigua arrowroot, statistics of, 353 cost of cultivating sugar, 189 Ants, remedy for, 181 Anchusa tinctoria, 442 Andropogon, species of, 572 Anileria, a manufactory for indigo, 460 Apricot oil, 511, 536 Apios, 355, 371 Aquilaria, species of, 439 Arghel leaves, 647 Arachis hypogœa, 513 Arenga saccharifera, the gomutus saccharifera of Rumphius, 136, 314 Areometer, an instrument for testing oil, 532 Arbor alba, 566 Areca nuts, value of the exports from Ceylon, 579 palm, 577 Argemone Mexicana, 511, 521, 626 Arnotto, 447 Arpent, a French land measure, about one-seventh less than an acre, 251 Arracan, exports of rice from, 297 Arracacha esculenta, 355, 375 Arrack, 556 used to flavor tobacco, 621 Arroba, a Spanish weight of 25 lbs., the fourth part of a quintal. Arrowroot, Benzon's analysis of, 348 culture and commerce of, 345 made from the Palmyra shoots, 376 starch of, 331, 334-35, 337 Arsenic for steeping grain, poisonous effects from, 233 Artocarpus incisa, 318, 330 Arum colocasia, 364 esculentum, 364 Rumphii, 365 Asafœtida, 633 Asclepias curassavica, 625 gigantea, 494 tingens, 442 Assamee, an Indian name for the ryot or cultivator, 467 Assam, introduction of tea culture, 94 tea sales, 98 Company, origin of, 98 manufacture of tea in, 126 Assaroo, rain sowing, 468 Astoria theiformis, used as tea at Santa Fe, 80 Attap leaf for thatching, 405, 559 Attar of roses, 570 Aucklandia, 438 Auracaria Bidwillii, 377 Australia, consumption of tea in, 87, 88 sugar cultivation recommended, 139 Austria production of beet-root sugar in, 197, 200 Avicenna tomentosa, 444 Avocado seed yields a dye stuff, 444 Awl tree, 443 Babool wood, 493 Bahu, a land measure in Java, equal to 71 acres. Bajree, the Indian name for Holcus Spicatus, 306 Bales of Cuba tobacco, size of, 613 Balfour (Prof.) on the starch in potatoes, 330 on species of rhubarb, 647 Ball's account of the cultivation, &c., of tea, 103 Banana, starch in, 331 used as a shade for the cacao, 15 Baptista tinctoria, 453 Barbacue, a platform for coffee drying, 69 Baphia nitida, 447 Barbados arrowroot, 337, 353 culture of aloes in, 630 cost of cultivating sugar, 189 ginger, 415 sugar crops of, 149 yam, 334, 335, 337, 338, 362 Barcelona, exports of cacao from, 13 Bark of the larch, its utility, 376 Barks for tanning, 492 Barley, history and consumption of, 255 imported, 218 meal imported, 218 produce of in England and Wales, 248, 256 average prices of, 256 Barrel of rice weighs 600 lbs. net, 291 Barus camphor, 634 Barwood, 445, 447 Basket of rice, a measure equal to 55½ lbs., English, Bassia butyracea, 136, 512 longifolia, 511 oil seeds of, 537 Batatas edulis, 330, 331, 357 Bauhinia variegata, 492 Bayley (Mr.), on consumption of tea in the manufacturing districts Bay rush or tapioca, 376 Beans, analysis of, 264 and peas, quantities imported, 313 imported, 218 Bearing time of different plants, 9 Beck (Prof.) on various wheats, 222 on the American breadstuffs, 226 Beet root sugar produced on the Continent, 144 cost of producing, 189, 204 Beet, varieties of the root, 191 Belgians, large consumers of coffee, 40 Belgium, production of beet root sugar in, 200 Benares, production of indigo in, 475 Ben, oil of, 523 Bencoolen, pepper grown in, 423 spice culture in, 412 Bengal, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189 indigo, 464 introduction of the coffee tree into, 40 production of indigo in, 475 production of opium in, 580 rice, 296 Bennet on Ceylon, 316 Bennett (Dr.), description of gambier, 500 Berar, edible root of, 377 Berberry, a dye stuff, 442 Berbice, exports of coffee from, 73 Bergamot, essence of, 566 Berger's process of making rice starch, 344 Bermuda arrowroot, statistics of, 353 mode of cultivating arrowroot, 346 Berry wax, 540 Betel leaf, 577 Bhoe Moong, the Indian name for the ground nut, 515 Bhull rice lands, 293 Biggah, distinction between this land measure, 471 Bignonia Chica, 444 Bihai, 320 Bitter cassava, 331 Bixa orellana, 447 Black ginger, 415 pepper, statistics of, 428 tea, imports of the last fifteen years, 82 mode of manufacturing, 112 Blood tree, 625 Bollman (Prof.), on the potato rot, 359 Bolitus used as food, 377 Bonynge (Mr. F.) promotes tea culture in America, 97 Borassus gomutus, 315 Borneo, pepper produced in, 422 Bourbon, cacao grown in, 36 produce of rice in, 293 Bousa, an African beer, 308 Boussingault's analysis of wheat, 244 Boyams, food plant, 377 Bran, analysis of, 231 Brassica oleracea, oil from the seed, 539 Brazilian arrowroot, 330, 367, 369 Brazil, exports of coffee to America, 63 cost of producing sugar in, 189 culture of ginger, 418 production of coffee in, 40, 41, 63 introduction of the tea plant, 128 statistics of sugar production, 182 tobacco export from, 594 wood, 485 Bread fruit, 318, 330 made from millet, 306 nut of Jamaica, 319 stuffs of commerce, 217 Brick tea of Thibet, 92 British Guiana, coffee produced in, 73 West Indies, decline of coffee culture in, 40, 63, 67 exports of coffee from, 73 Brood-boon, 319 Bromelia Pinguin, fruit of, used for soap, 574 Broom corn, 307, 308 sedge, 308 Brosimum Alicastrum, edible nuts of, 319 Broussonitia tinctoria, 485 Brown bread, its wholesomeness, 230 Bruce, (Mr. C.A.) on the manufacture of tea in Assam, 126 Buchanania latifolia, 494, 521 Buckwheat, average weight of crop in New Brunswick, 253 oil from, 510 culture of, 259 analysis of, 260 Buck yam, 333, 335, 362 Bullhoof, yields a narcotic, 589 Bunbury (Mr.) on Cape aloes, 632 Butch wood, used to keep off ants, 181 Butea frondosa, 507 varieties of, 442 tannin from, 494 Butter of cacao, 11, 12 obtained from the dolichos bean, 313 Cabacinha, the Portuguese name for a purgative plant, 626 Caballine aloes, 630 Cacao beans or seeds, analysis of, 12 age at which may be transplanted, 6 expenses of a plantation, 33 information respecting, 9 plantation, enormous returns formerly obtained from, 34 quantity consumed in the United Kingdom, 11 total imports into the United Kingdom, 35 total imports from America and the West Indies, 35 trees, where indigenous, 33 oppressive duties levied on, 34 Cacomite, a species of Tigridia, 374 Cacoon, oil from, 511 Cadet's analysis of barks, 495 Cæsalpinia, species of, 446 Brasiliensis, 485 Cæsalpinia Coriari, 493 oleospermum, 511 Caffeine, analysis of, 80 Cajeput oil, 566 Caladium costatium, 377 esculentum, 331 sagittifolium, 334 Calambak wood, 439 Calandra oryza, 279 Calcutta, exports of castor oil, 545 Calidad, the best kind of Cuba tobacco, 613 California, tea proposed to be cultivated in, 97 Callistemon ellipticum, 505 Calophyllum Inophyllum, 513 Calumba plant, 638 Calumbin, 638 Calystegia sepium, 642 Camassia esculenta, 376 Camata, a variety of valonia, 508 Camelina sativa, 509, 511, 564 Camotes, a Spanish name for the sweet potato, 375 Camæladia ilicifolia, 628 Campbell (Dr. A.), on the tea culture at Darjeeling, 116 Camphor, on the collection of, 633 obtained from the roots of the cinnamon, 389 Cannabis indica, 643 Camwood, 447 Canada, production of maple sugar in, 206 West, grain exports of, 251 Canadian yellow root, 626 Canary Isles, millet exported from, 306 moss, 486 seed, 311 Candleberry myrtle, 540 Candlewood, 539 Candles made of cinnamon suet, 390 Candle tree, 521, 538 Cane sugar, composition of, 136, 155, 157 Canella alba, 396 Canna, species of, 355 Canothus Americanus, used as tea, 80 Caoutchouc, 539 Capa, a term in Cuba for good tobacco, 614 Cape aloes, manufacture of, 631 weed, 486 Capsicum, 428 Carapa, species yielding oil, 518 oil, 441, 519 guianensis, 512 Caracas, large produce of cacao in, 13 Caraveru, a red pigment, 444 Carraway seed oil, 437, 566 Cardomoms, bastard, 419 plants furnishing, 419 Carduus Virginianus, 376 Carob bean, 312, 313 Carolina rice, shipments of, 285 Carrageen, 379 Carrots, average weight per bushel in New Brunswick, 253 Carthamus tinctoria, 450 oil from, 512 Caruto, a name for the Lana dye, 444 Carver's treatise on tobacco culture, 607 Carum carui, 566 Caryophyllus aromaticus, 397 Caryota urens, 314 Cascarilla bark, 396 Cashew bark, 495 nut oil, 512 Cassareep, an antiseptic, 339, 343, 369 Cassava cakes, 342 culture of, 367 fecula of, 330 flour exports from St. Lucia, 369 meal, 341 roots, information respecting, 9 starch, yield per acre, 370 Cassia, a rival to cinnamon, 391 auriculata, 494 bark of China, superiority of, 393, 394 buds, 396 lignea, 394, 396 statistics of imports and consumption of, 394 Castor oil, 510, 511, 527, 536, 542, 563 Catechu or Cutch, 579 tannin in, 495 Cattle, consumption of Indian corn by, 271 Catty, a Chinese weight, 400 Cayenne, nutmeg introduced, 412 pepper grown in, 427 pepper, 429 pottage, 429 Celastrus paniculatus, 521 Celebes, coffee grown in, 62 production of coffee in, 41 rice culture in, 302 tobacco, 621 Centrifugal machine for sugar, 140 Cephælis Ipecacuanhæ, 641 Ceratonia siliqua, 312, 313 Cereal grasses, 216 Ceroxyion andicola, 541 Cersium virginianum, 376 Cetraria islandica, 343, 379 Ceylon arrowroot, 353 cardamoms, 419, 421 coco-nut culture in, 556 culture of rice in, 295 Ceylon, exports of castor oil from, 545 adapted for indigo culture, 475 gamboge, 639 the great seat of cinnamon culture, 383 pepper exported from, 426 imports of Terra Japonica, 502 moss, 379 produce of tobacco in, 619 production of coffee in, 41 tea plant introduced, 95 Value of the betel nuts exported, 579 Chay-root, 449, 478 Chamarops Palmetto, 495 Chandu, the prepared extract of the opium, 585 Chenopodium quinon, 310 Cherrots, Manilla, 619 Chesnuts, consumed in France, 361 Chest of opium, about 140 lbs., 58 Chick pea, 312 the inspissated juice of the poppy, 582 Chicory, extensive consumption of, 37 Chillies, growth of, 428 Chimo, powdered potatoes, 361 China, population of, 86 shipments of tea from, 84 Chinese arrowroot, 352 Chironia sapinda, 521 Chloranthus, flowers used to flavor tea, 85 Chocolate nuts, 11 imported, 35 paste, as prepared by the Marienna, 18 Christison (Prof.), analysis of gamboge, 640 Chiretta, 641 Chrysoptranic acid, 488 Cibotium Billardieri, 380 Cigars, consumption of, 596 duty received on, 597 large consumption of in New York, 599 profit on manufacture of, 612 number exported from Cuba, 614 exported from Siam, 619 Cinchona bark, 635 Cinnamon, 382 export duty on, 391 oil, 565 properties of good, 387 statistics of export from Ceylon, 390, 391 suet, 522 varieties of the tree, 386 Citronella oil, 565, 573 Clagett and Co.'s (Messrs.) tobacco circulars, 601 Clarifying cane juice, 155 Clark, (Mr.) on a new variety of tobacco, 613 Classification and arrangement adopted in the work, 5 Claytonia acutiflora, 371 Clerihew's coffee apparatus, 52 Climate suited for various plants, 9 Clove bark, 383 Cloves, 397 oil, 390, 398 statistics of, 411 varieties of the tree, 398 where grown, 402 Cobres a first quality of indigo, 456 Coca plant, 576 Cocculus indicus, 576 palmatus, 638 Cochin China, coco nut oil exported from, 556 culture of rice, 298 exports of cinnamon, 393 tea considered inferior, 94 Cochineal, value of the dye stuff, 440 Cocoa, see Cacao, 9 fat, 519 nut butter, 560 information respecting, 9 oil, 527 palm, 547 Cocos nucifera, 547 fusiformis, 519 or eddoes, 364 Cocum oil, 521 Coffee, adulteration of, and substitutes for, 37 consumption of, 39, 596 cultivation in Ceylon, 46 in Africa, 77 in India, 44 information respecting, 9 manures suited for, 50 tree, description of, 43 production in various countries, 41 produce per tree and per acre, 69, 481 leaf, suited for making a beverage by infusion, 78 Dr. Hooker's opinion thereon, 79 plantation, beauty of, 67 prices of, in London, 47 signs of its being properly cured, 71 trade, progress of, 36 Coimbatore, culture of tobacco in, 618. Coir, Coco nut, 551, 552, 555, 556. Colman (Mr.), on grain production, 219 on sugar, 204 Colocasia, varieties of cultivated, 364 Colocynth, 638 oil, 511 Colombo root, 638 shipments of coffee from, 48 Coloring principles of the lichens, 487 teas in China, 104 Colza oil, 510, 513, 539 Conium Arracacha, 375 Connecticut, culture of tobacco in, 606 Consumption of rhubarb, 645 Convolvulus Jalapa, 641 Scammonia, 642 Conquin tay, plantain meal, 324 Constantinople opium, 585 Consumption of arrowroot, 354 of arnotto, 449 cacoa in the United Kingdom, 36 cassia bark, 394 castor oil, 544 coco nut oil, 562 coffee, 36, 64, 596 coffee in various countries, 41 cinnamon, 391 cloves, 401 ginger, 418 indigo, 477 mace, 414 nutmegs, 414 opium, 580 palm oil, 527 pepper, 428 pimento, 431 sago in the United Kingdom, 318 sugar in India, 140 Great Britain, 139 tea, statistics of, 82, 596 tobacco, 596, 595 Convolvulus batatas, 333, 334, 356 Coolies employed in Mauritius, 150 Copey, a Cuba dye wood, 485 Copperah, 536, 549, 556, 560, 661 Corakan flour, 304 Coriander seed, 437 Coriaria myrtifolia, 493 Cork tree bark, 504 Corn, the common name for maize in America, 270 Cortes, a description of indigo, 456 Corypha umbraculifera, 316 Costus Arabicus, 438 indicus, &c., 638 Costa Rica, production of coffee in, 41, 64 Cotton, information respecting, 9 seed oil, 564 cake, 564 Courida bark, 495 Cow-itch, 625 Crane potato, 372 Crawfurd (Mr. J.), estimate of pepper produce, 422 Croix lachryma, 304 Crop hogshead of tobacco, weight of, 605 Croton Cascarilla, 396 Eleuteria, 397 gossypifolia, 625 oil, 522 Tiglium, 522 Cuba, coffee plantations in, 77 culture of tobacco in, 613 exports of coffee to America, 63 cost of producing sugar in, 147, 189 exports of coffee from, 73 progress of sugar cultivation in, 148 production of coffee in, 41 rice grown in, 292 statistics of coffee exported, 76 tobacco plantations in, 614 Cubebs, medicinal, 639 Cucumber seed oil, 512 Cucumis Colocynthus, 638 Cudbear, imports of, 486, 452 Culilaban bark, 383 Curcuma longa, 419 species of, 434 varieties of, yielding E.I. arrowroot, 351 Curry stuff, imports into Ceylon, 434 Cush, an Indian name for millet, 306 Cutch, the Indian name for catechu, or gambier, 600 exported from Pinang, 503 imports of, 502 Cuyupa, an Indian tuber, 374 Cycas circinalis, 314 Cynamchum leaves, 649 Cynosurus corocanus, 306 Cytisus Cajan, 304 Dacrydium cupressinum, 505 Dadap, a prop for the pepper, 425, 42 a name given in Java to the Erythrina, 55, 58 Datisca cannabina, 442 Davis' (Dr.), analysis of maize, 265 Day's analysis of barks, 495 Demerara, exports of coffee from, 73 rice grown in, 292 Dholl, the Indian name for varieties of Cajanus, 312 Dhak tree, bark of, 507 Dhurra, the Egyptian name for millet, 306 Dicypellium caryophyllatum, 384 Didynamia gymosperma, 520 Dietetic articles used for the preparation of popular beverages, 11 Dillock, a preparation with cayenne, 429 Dioscorea aculeata, 334, 362 Diospyros glutinosa, 494 Dipterix odorata, 434 Dipterocarpus, oil from, 511 Divi-divi, 503 Division of seasons in the tropics, 6 Dodder cake, 564 Dogwood, bark of, 627 Dolichos biflorus, varieties of, 312 bulbosus, roots used as food, 377 oil, 521 Domba oil, 513 Dominica, exports of coffee from, 73 introduction of the clove tree, 399 Dracæna terminalis, 355 Drimys bark, 636 Dryobalanops, species furnishing camphor, 634 Dubranfaut's process of sugar making, 197, 201 Dunsterville (Mr.), on Cape aloes, 631 Duquesne (M.), process of making sugar from beet, 202 Duration of various plants, 9 Dutch pound, lighter than the English avoirdupoise pound; 100 Dutch pounds equal to 101 and 1/5th lbs. Dutch West Indies, production of coffee in, 41 Duty, large, levied on tobacco, 598 Dye stuffs, various, 440 from British plants, 452 furnished by the cacao bean, 12 Dye woods, 445, 447 Eagle wood, 439 Earth mouse, 374 Earth-nut oil, 513 East India ginger, 416, 418 sugar, 139 cultivation in, 152 East Indies, imports of indigo from, 477 rhubarb, 645 Eddoes or cocos, 364 Edward's preserved potatoes, 361 Egyptian corn, 307 opium, 585 Elais, species furnishing palm oil, 524 Elate sylvestris fruit, a masticatory, 579 Elettaria Cardomomum, 421 Eleusine corocana, 304 Encephalartos cafer, 319 English opium, 586 Eno bark, a black dye, 444 Epidendrum, species of, 431 Ervum lens, 312 Erythric acid, 489 Erythrina, a shade tree for the cacao, 15 Erysimum perfoliatum, oil from, 512 Essences, 565 Essential oils, 565 Ethiopian pepper, 421 Eucalyptus, bark of, for tanning, 494 resinifera, 506 Eugenia caryophyllata, 397 Pimento, 430 Eulophia virens, 354 Eupatorium glutinosum, 643 Euphorbia Lathyris, 510 Euterpe montana, 549 Evans' (Dr.) Sugar Planter's Manual, 140 Evernia vulpina, 488 Evodia triphylla, used as a perfume, 550 Factory maund, about 70 pounds, 471 Fagara piperita, 421 Fanega, a Spanish measure, the fifth part of an English quarter, equal to 12 quarrees, or 62 and 2/5ths acres, 13, 327 Fanegada, a Spanish land measure, 9 Farinaceous plants, 216 Fennel flower, 421 Ferula asafœtida, 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 Hymenœa 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 Ipomœa 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, 572 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 asafœtida, 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 1⅓ 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, 325 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 133⅓ 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, 574 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 Sphœroccus 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, 337-38-339, 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