INDEX 



Achard's method for extracting 



sugar from Beetroot, 104 

 Aconite, 334 

 Alcohol, 244-246 

 Alder, 301 

 Allspice, 382-383 

 Andaman Pedank, 312 

 Archil, 358 

 Areca Nut, 339, 400 

 Arrowroot, 74 

 Ash, 306 

 Asparagus, 263 

 Aubergine, 262 



Balsamic Resins, 343 



Baobab Tree, 326 



Barley, cultivation of, 21 ; varieties 

 of, ibid. ; uses of, 22 

 Illustration : — Drying Macaroni, 

 21 



Barns for Wheat, 16 



Bass Wood, 301 



Beccari, Dr., 75 



Beech, 304 



Beetroot Sugar, historical account 

 of, 103-105 ; cultivation of, 105, 

 106; By-products of, 110; 

 manufacture of, 107, 110; Beet, 

 Sugar, and Molasses, 112 

 Illustrations : — Beetroots, 98, 

 100 ; unloading a cargo of, 101 ; 

 a Storehouse for, 102 ; trans- 

 porting to the factory, 103 ; 

 Diffusers in a Beet Sugar factory, 

 104 ; transporting Beetroot pulp, 

 105 



Belladonna leaves, 337 



Benzoin, 201 



Beri-beri, 40 



Berlin, Decree of, 104 



Birch Barks, 350-351 



Black Rot, 241, 242 



Bonafous, 50 



Box Wood, 306 



Bordeaux, Wines of, 241 



Borecole, 261 



Botucatu Coffee, 181 



Bourbon Tea, 174 



Box Elder, 113 



Bread, 19 



Brinjal, 262 



Brussels Sprouts, 261 



Buckwheat, 63 ; not really a wheat, 

 64 ; importance of, in Russia and 

 the United States, ibid. 



Burgundy, Wines of, 241 



Cabbage, Common, 261 

 — , Savoy, 261 



25-C.P. 



Cacao, origin of, 113; history of, 

 114, 115; account of De 

 Candolle, 115; Cacao-producing 

 countries, 115, 116, 118 ; varieties 

 of Cacao, 118, 120; Criollo 

 varieties, 118; Forastero va- 

 rieties, ibid. ; Classification of 

 Sir Daniel Morris, 118; of Mr. 

 R. H. Lock, ibid. ; cultivation 

 of, 120-1 ; planting, 121 ; shad- 

 ing, 122 ; Fruiting, ibid. ; Pick- 

 ing, 124 ; Breaking, ibid. ; Fer- 

 menting, 125, 126 ; Washing, 

 126 ; Drying, 126, 127 ; Colouring 

 and Polishing, 127 ; Packing and 

 Shipment, 128 ; Cacao as a 

 food-stuff, 128 ; composition of 

 West Indian Beans, 129 ; high 

 nutritive value of Cacao, ibid. ; 

 two ways of separating fat from 

 the beans, 130 ; Van Houten's 

 method, ibid. ; an error to call 

 Cacao soluble, 132 ; Cacao- 

 butter, ibid. ; Chocolate, 133 ; 

 Manufacture of Cacao and Cho- 

 colate, 134 ; sorting and cleaning 

 the raw beans, 135 ; roasting the 

 beans, 135 ; breaking and shell- 

 ing the beans, 135, 136, 138; 

 grinding, 138, 140 ; preparation 

 of chocolate powder, 140 ; varie- 

 ties of chocolate and chocolate- 

 coated sweets, 142 

 Illustrations : — Cutting off fruit 

 with knives, 113; Java, Digging 

 out a canal for irrigation, 114; 

 First crop of Cacao after five 

 years, 115 ; Ceylon, peeling of the 

 fruit, 116; Picking the Cacao 

 Pods, 117; Varieties of, 118; 

 A plantation in Surinam, 119 ; a 

 Hill Cacao estate, Ceylon, 120 ; 

 Surinam, young Cacao trees, 121 ; 

 Nursery of Cacao seedlings, 

 Ceylon, 122 ; Map of Cacao- 

 producing countries, 123 ; Cacao 

 fruit, 124 ; Surinam, young 

 Cacao trees, 125 ; Shaded Cacao 

 trees, 126 ; Gathering the fruit, 

 127 ; Samaritan Estate, 128 ; 

 Turning the beans, 129 ; " Danc- 

 ing " Cacao beans in Trinidad, 

 130 ; Ceylon, sifting the beans 

 in a barn, 131 ; Surinam, a 

 Sweating Barn (exterior), 132 ; 

 Surinam, a Sweating Barn (in- 

 terior), ibid. ; Carrying the beans 

 to the barn, 133; Stone drying 

 floor with movable roof, 134 ; 

 Stone floor for drying Cacao 

 beans in the open air, 135 ; 

 Roasting Cacao in Van Houten's 

 factory, 136 ; Mond Gas Plant 

 in Messrs. Cadbury's Factory, 

 137; The Packing Room, Bourn- 

 ville, 138 ; Mond Gas Machinery 

 House at Bournville, 139 ; 

 385 



Labelling Tins, 140 ; Making 

 Boxes for transport, Van Hou- 

 ten's Factory, 142 ; Milling De- 

 partment of a Chocolate Factory, 

 143 



Caffeine, 197 



Californian Red Wood, 309 



Camphor, 362 



Canadian Red Cedar, 310 



Canaigre, 354 



Candle Nut Oil, 366, 367 



Capsicums, 263 



Carapa Fat, 376 



Cardamoms, 384 



Carrots, 263 



Cassava, 68 



Cassareep, 70 



Castor Oil, 374 



Cauliflower, The, 261 



Cedar, 306-308 



Celery, 263 



Cereals, General remarks on, 1, 2 



Chick Peas, 260 



Chicory, 198 



Chillies, 384 



Church, Professor, 60 



Coca Leaves, 338 



Coffee, Origin and importance of, 

 174 ; Coffee Cultivation in 

 Ceylon, 176 ; the Coffee Plant, 

 176 ; Arabian and Liberian 

 Coffee, 176, 178; Hybrico Coffee, 

 178 ; difference between the 

 Liberian and Arabian plant, 



180 ; attempt at artificial hybrid- 

 isation, ibid. ; Grafting of Li- 

 berian on Arabian Coffee, 180, 



181 ; other varieties of Coffee, 

 181, 182 ; Maragopipe and Botu- 

 catu varieties, 181 ; Experiments 

 with Wild Congo and Sierra Leone 

 Coffee, 181 ; Cultivation, 182 ; 

 Propagation, 182, 184 ; Shade 

 Trees, 185 ; Fruiting, 185, 186 ; 

 Influence of difference in Cli 

 mate, 186 ; Picking, 186, 188 ; 

 Preparation for Market, 188, 189 ; 

 Dry Method of Preparation, 189 ; 

 Wet method of Preparation 

 (pulping), 190-191 ; Fermenta- 

 tion, Washing and Drying, 190 ; 

 Peeling, 191 ; Sizing, 192 ; Prin- 

 cipal Coffee-producing countries, 

 192-196 ; Brazil, statistics of 

 Coffee production in, 192 ; other 

 South A merican countries (Boli- 

 via, Venezuela, Guatemala), 192 



193 ; Coffee in W. Indies, 193. 



194 ; in Arabia and Dutch East 

 Indies, 194 ; Coffee Production 

 in the British Empire, 194-196 ; 

 Coffee in India, 194-195 ; in 

 Jamaica and British Central 

 Africa, 195 ; in Ceylon, 196 ; 

 Coffee Leaf Disease, 196 ; the 

 Principal Coffee - consuming 

 Countries, 196, 197 ; the active 



