Index 



387 



Orange Tree, 271 ; The Mango 

 Fruit, 272 ; An Orange Cluster, 



273 ; Young Apple Tree at 

 Canadian Government Farm 



274 ; The Cashew Fruit, 275 

 Jamaica, Banana Higglers, 276 

 The Shaddock Grape Fruit, 277 

 Papaw, 278 



Fungicide, 243 



Gambikr, 354 . 



Grape Vine, The. History of the 

 Grape, 230-31 ; Finest Vineyards 

 to be found in Europe, 231 ; 

 Extensive Vineyards in South 

 America, ibid. ; Wine-making 

 Countries of Africa, 232 ; De- 

 ■ scription of the Vine and its 

 Varieties, 232, 234 ; Planting a 

 Vineyard, 234, 235 ; Importance 

 of Pruning and Efficient Weed- 

 ing, 235 ; The Enemies of the 

 Grape Vine, 235-238 ; Phylloxera 

 Vastatrix and its Ravages, 236- 

 237 ; Preventions against Attack, 

 237 ; Oidium Tuckeri, 237 ; 

 Black Rot, 238 ; Athracnose of 

 the Vine, 238 ; Peronospora 

 Viticola and Dematophora Neca- 

 trix, 238 ; The Harvest, 238- 

 240 ; Raisins, 239 ; Raisins in 

 Africa and America, ibid. ; Differ- 

 ent Methods of Drying the 

 Grapes, 239, 240 ; Wine-making, 

 240-246 ; Pressing and Ferment- 

 ation, 240 ; Varieties of Red 

 Wine, 240-241 ; The Famous 

 Wines of Burgundy and Bor- 

 deaux, 241 ; Two Methods of 

 Production, 241 ; White Wines, 

 241-242; Pale Wines, 242; 

 Wines from Raisins, ibid. ; Care 

 in Cooking, 242, 243 ; Champagne 

 243 ; Method of Making, 243, 



' 244 ; Distillation of Alcohol, 

 244, 246 ; Viticulture in the 

 British Empire, 246, 254 ; Pro- 

 duction of Wine in the British 

 Empire, Statistics of, 248 ; Viti- 

 culture in the Cape of Good Hope, 

 248, 256 ; Flourishing Condition 

 of Wine Trade in the Early 

 Nineteenth Century, 250 ; Car- 

 ried on to-day in the western 

 part of the Colony, 251 ; Austra- 

 lian Wine-producing, 252-253 ; 

 in Victoria, 253 ; New South 

 Wales, 253-254 



Illustrations : — An Australian 

 Vineyard, 230 ; An American 

 Vine Growing in Sicily, 231 ; 

 Pumping Water for Irrigation 

 in Portugal, 232 ; Gathering the 

 Fruit in Portugal, 233 ; Gathering 

 the Grapes, 234 ; The Grape 

 Harvest, 235 ; Fruitful Vines, 

 236 ; Phylloxera, Illustrations of, 

 237-238 ; Root System Attacked 

 by Phylloxera, 239 ; Oidium 

 Attacking the Grapes, 240 ; 

 Vine attacked by Oidium, 241 ; 

 Leaf affected with Black Rot, 

 242 ; Spraying Vines with Fungi- 

 cide, 243 ; Grapes Attacked by 



Mildew, 244 ; Leaf of Vine 

 Attacked by Phylloxera, 244 ; 

 Treading the Grapes in Greece, 

 245 ; Waggon for Transporting 

 the Grapes, 246 ; Spreading 

 Currants to Dry, 246 ; Map of 

 the Wine-producing Countries of 

 the World, 247 ; A Primitive 

 Wine-press, 248 ; An Australian 

 Cooperage, 249 ; A Storage 

 Cellar at Oporto, ibid. ; A Port- 

 able Wine Press, 250 ; An 

 Underground Wine Cellar, 251 ; 

 Manufacture of Brandy, 252 ; 

 A Cooper's Workshop, 253 



Green Grain, 260 



Greenheart, 312 



Green Teas, 154, 157, 171 



Guinea Corn, or Sorghum, an 

 extensively Cultivated Cereal, 61; 

 in Africa known as Kaffir Corn, 

 in Egypt as " Dhurra," ibid. ; 

 not to be Confused with Guinea 

 Grass, ibid. ; Three Divisions of 

 the Sorghums, 62 ; largely used 

 in India, Africa, and China 



Guinea Grass, 61 



Gums. True Gums, Varnish Re- 

 sins, Gum Resins, Dried Plant 

 Juices, 343 ; Nature of Gums, 

 344 ; Gum Arabic, ibid. ; Turkey 

 or Sudan Gum, 344, 345 ; Three 

 Kinds of, 345 ; Hashab, 345, 

 346 ; Senegal Gum, 346 ; Wattle 

 Gums, 347 ; Indian Gums, ibid. ; 

 Resins, 347-349 ; Gum Copal, 

 Gum Dammar, 347 ; Varnish 

 Resins, ibid. ; 347, 348 ; Copals, 

 348 ; Turpentines, 349 

 Illustrations : — Pine Trees, 344 ; 

 Gathering Crude Turpentine, 345; 

 Distilling Turpentine, 346 ; The 

 Resin Market, Savannah, 347 ; 

 A Kauri Tree, 348 



H 



Hart, J. H., 120, 121 

 Hashab, 345, 346 

 Hemlock, 301 

 — Bark, 351 

 Hemp, Indian, 337 

 — , Manila, 320, 321 

 — , Sisal, 321 

 Hoadley, Mr., 127 

 Holly, 305 

 Hulett, Sir J. L., 164 

 Hybrico Coffee, 178 



im Thurn, Sir E. F., 68 

 Indian Gums, 347 

 Ipecacuanha Root, 336 



J 



Jalap,. 336, 337 

 Jarrah Wood, 312 

 Job's Tears, 63 

 Jute, 316 



K 



Kapok, 327 



— Oil, 371 



Karri, 312 



Kauri Tree, 299 



Knapp, Dr. S. A., 42 



Kola, 339 



Korakan or Ragi, 62 



Lablab, 260 

 Lane, Ralph, 203 

 Lehmann, J. M., 133 

 Lentils, 260 

 Lignum Vitae, 312 

 Lilly,- William, 203 

 Linseed Oil, 364, 365 

 Litmus, 358 

 Lock, R. H., 118 



M 



Macaroni, 18, 19 



Mahogany, 310 



Maize. Origin of Plant, 50 ; Intro- 

 duction into Europe and Wide- 

 spread Cultivation of the Plant, 

 ibid. ; Importance of the Food 

 in Italy, ibid. ; A Valuable Food 

 for both Man and Beast, 51 ; 

 Maize Bread, ibid. ; Maize 

 Starch, ibid. ; Used for a Coarse 

 Paper, ibid. ; Inner Leaves used 

 for Cigarette Papers, 52 ; Culti- 

 vated by the Natives of Africa, 

 52 ; Its Height, ibid. ; Leaves 

 Vary in Length, ibid. ; a Very 

 Variable Plant, ibid. ; United 

 States the most important Maize- 

 growing Country, 54 ; Large 

 Cultivation in the State of 

 Kansas, ibid. 



Illustrations : — Primitive Buffalo 

 Plough, 50 ; Breaking up the 

 Soil, ibid. ; Reaping Maize in 

 Italy, 51 ; Kaffir Women Grind- 

 ing Maize, 52 ; Portugal, 

 Stripping the Cobs with Thresh- 

 ing Flails, 53 ; Measure used in 

 India for Maize, 54 ; Reaping 

 Machine, ibid. ; A Good Maize 

 Year, 55 ; Packing Maize in Bags 

 for Export, 56 ; Persia, a Maize 

 Barn, 57 ; Grinding Maize, 58 ; 

 Stripping the Cobs in Naples, 59 ; 

 Threshing Maize Cobs, 80 ; S. 

 Africa, Mechanical Sowing of 

 Maize, 60 ; Binding the Stems 

 into Sheaves, 61 ; Tilling the 

 Soil, ibid. ; A Small Farm in S. 

 America, ibid. ; In the Large 

 Fields of Kansas, 62 ; Maize 

 Grown as a Catch Crop in 

 Barbados, 65 



Mallet Bark, 355 



Malt, 22 



Mangel Wurzel, 262 



Maples, 113, 304 



Marggraf's Method for Beet Sugar, 

 103 104 



Marogopipe Coffee, 181 



Megass, 100 



Milan, Decree of, 104 



