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Index 



Mangroves, 354, 355 



Millets, 59-64 ; then- Importance 

 as a Regular Article of Food, 59 ; 

 Italian and Hungarian Millet, 

 ibid. ; the Fine Millet Plants 

 sown by the Emperor of China 

 annually, ibid. ; Barnyard Mil- 

 lets, 60 ; this Variety in Japan, 

 ibid. ; Common Millet, ibid. ; its 

 Antiquity, ibid. ; Grown exten- 

 sively in the • Mediterranean 

 region, ibid. ; Introduction into 

 America, 61 ; Three Varieties, 

 61 



Illustrations : — Near- Pekin; A 

 Millet Field, 64 ; Chinamen 

 Threshing Millet, ibid. 



Molasses, 98, 100, 101 



Molascuit, 100 



Mora Wood, 312 



N 



Napoleon I, 104 



Naudet Patent Process, 92-100 



Niger Seed Oil, 368 



Negro Coffee, 198 



Neiner, 206 



Norfolk or Four Course Rotation, 8 



New South Wales, Viticulture of, 



253, 254 

 Nutmegs, 380, 381 . . . 

 Nux Vomica, 340 







Oak, 302 



Oak Bark, 350 



Oak Leaves, 326 



Oak Wood, 350 



Oatmeal, 26 



Oats, 24, 26 



Oidium Tucked, 237 



Oils and Fats, Vegetable. See 



under Vegetable 

 Onion, 262 

 Old Fustic, 357 

 Olive Oil, 372 



Paddy, 31, 40 



Palm Oil, 374, 376 



Papyrus, 326 



Parsnips, 263 



Pea, Cow, 260 



Pearl Millet, 63 



Peronospora Viticola, 238 



Phylloxera Vastatrix, 236, 237 



Pigeon Pea, 260 



Pitch Pine, 293 



Polish Wheat. See Wheat 



Polut, 31 



Poplar, 305 



Portugal Cabbage, 261 



Potatoes. Potato Starch, 65, 66, 



68 • 

 Poudre de Riz, 44 

 Preuss, Dr., 118 



Q 



Quebracho, 354 



R 



Raggi, 46 



Raleigh, Sir Walter, 203 



Reaping Machines, 10, 11 



Rice, Importance of as a Food, 27 ; 

 History of the Plant, 27, 28 ; 

 Asia Grows most, ibid. ; in 

 Australasia, 30 ; in America, 

 ibid. ; Description of the Plant, 

 30,. 31 ; Varieties of, 31 ; Two 

 Main Branches, ibid. ; Cultiva- 

 tion, 31-32 ; Flourishing Condi- 

 tion of, in Ceylon, 33 ; Necessity 

 for Irrigation, 33, 34 ; Methods 

 of in China and Java, ibid. ; 

 Importance of Rice in China, 36 ; 

 Cultivation of, 36, 37 ; Mode of 

 Cultivation in the East, 36, 37 ; 

 Methods in United States, 38, 



39 ; Harvesting of Rice, 39, 40 ; 

 Paddy, 40 ; Beri-beri, ibid. ; 

 Methods of Threshing, ibid. ; 

 Native Machines, 41, 42 ; Com- 

 mercial Milling, 42 ; Use of, 43 ; 

 Alcohol from Rice, 45-46 ; Raggi, 

 ibid. ;. Wild Rice, 46, 47 ; Descrip- 

 tion and Cultivation of, 47, 48 

 Illustrations : — Destruction of the 

 Forest to make room for Rice, 

 27 ; Sowing the- Sprouted Rice in 

 Siam, 28 ; Rice Fields, . 29 ; 

 Ceylon, Elephant Drawing a Rice 

 Plough, 30 ; An Irrigation Pump 

 Worked by the Feet, 31 ; A 

 Simple Method of Irrigating a 

 Rice Field in Siam, 32 ; Planting 

 out the Young Rice Plants, 33 ; 

 Hoeing Rice in Japan, 34 ; 

 Steam Thresher at Work in a 

 Texas Rice Field, 35 ; Harrowing 

 in Java to get rid of the Weeds, 



36 ; Winnowing Paddy in Ceylon, 



37 ; The Japanese Use a Peculiar 

 Fan to Winnow Paddy, 38 ; 

 Husking Rice at Bangkok, 39 ; 

 Winnowing Machine in Japan, 



40 ; A Native Rice Barn in 

 Sumatra, 41 ; Preparing Rice in 

 the Philippines, 42 ; Cleaning Rice 

 at Manila, 43 ; Children Pound- 

 ing Rice in India, 43 ; Division 

 of Labour in British India, 44 ; 

 Pounding Rice, a Sumatran 

 Village Scene, 45 ; Japan, Making 

 Use of the Bamboo to Lighten 

 the Labour of Husking Rice, 46 ; 

 A Japanese Machine for Pounding 

 Rice, 47 ; Japan, A Barrel of 

 Sake Wrapped in Rice Straw, 48 ; 

 Japan, Making up Rice in Bales, 

 48 ; Map of the Rice-producing 

 Countries of the World, 49 



Resins. See under Gums 



Rhubarb, 333 



Rice Starch, 74 



Rosewood, 311 



Rubber. Rubber obtained from 

 various Plants, 278/; Commercial 

 Rubbers, 278 ; Para Rubber, 

 280 ; Hevea Brasiliensis Trees, 

 280, 281 ; Collection of Wild 

 Rubber, 281 ; Plantation of 

 Para Rubber, 281, 282; Planta- 

 tion in Ceylon, 282 J Tapping, 

 284-286 ; V-shaped Incisions, 



284 ; Spiral Method of Tapping, 



285 ; Tapping Knives and 

 Prickers, 286 ; Sheet, Crepe, 

 Worm, and Lace Rubbers, 287 ; 

 Central American, Castilloa, or 

 Panama Rubber, 287 ; The Plant 

 Longest Known to Science, ibid. ; 

 Native names for it, 288 ; Thrives 

 best in deep, loamy Soil, 288 ; 

 Cultivation of Castilloa in Tobago, 

 289 ; Advice as to Tapping, 289, 



290 ; Assam Rubber, 291-292 ; 

 Variable Yield of Rubber from, 

 292 ; Lagos Silk Rubber, 293, 294 ; 

 Ceara Rubber, 294 ; Laudolphia 

 Rubbers, 295 ; Different Species 

 of, 295, 296 ; Collection, 296 ; 

 Guayule Rubber, 296, 297 

 Illustrations : — Group of young 

 Hevea Brasiliensis Trees, 279 ; 

 Rubber Trees twenty years old, 

 280 ; Tapping according to the 

 " Direct Oblique " Method, 281 ; 



astilloa Elastica, 282 ; Ficus 

 Elastica and its Aerial Roots, 

 283 ; Old Trees which have been 

 Tapped by the Single-incision 

 Method, 284 ; Group of Hevea 

 Brasiliensis, 285 ; Malay Penin- 

 sula, Ficus Elastica, 286 ; Ficus 

 Elastica, showing Roots Feeding 

 on Dead Wood, 287 ; Near View 

 of Hevea Brasiliensis, 288; The 

 " Reversed Oblique " System ; 

 Ficus Elastica with V-shaped 

 Cuts, 290 ; . Map of the Rubber- 

 producing Countries of the World, 



291 ; Rolling Rubber, 292 ; 

 Ancient Para Tree, East Ceylon, 

 293 ; Tree Recovering after 

 Tapping, 294 ; " Half Herring- 

 Bone " System, 295 ; Ficus 

 Elastica, showing tangled growth, 

 296 



Rum, Manufacture of, 101 

 Rye, 22, 24 



Sanwa, 61 



Scarlet Runners, 260, 261 



Semolina, 18 



Senna, 338 



Shama, 61 



Siloes, 17 



Sorghum. See Guinea Corn 



Spelts, 4, 5 ; 



Spices and Condiments. Value of 

 Spices, 377 ; Vanilla, 377, 378 

 Methods of Culture, 377 ; Pack- 

 ing, etc., 378 ; Pepper, 378, 379 

 Varieties of Pepper, 379 ; Cloves 

 Origin of, 379 f Zanzibar Cloves 



380 ; Nutmegs and Mace, 380 



381 ; Ginger, 381, 382; Allspice 

 or Pimento, 382 ; Cinnamon and 

 Cassia, 383 ; Varieties of, 384 ; 

 Cardamoms, 384 ; Chillies, 384 ; 

 Mustard, 384 



Illustrations : — Allspice, 377 ; a 

 Vanilla Vine, 378 ; Pepper Vines, 

 379 ; Drying Cardamoms, 380 ; 

 Preparing Cinnamon, 381 ; A 

 Nutmeg Tree in Jamaica, 382 ; 

 Nutmegs, 383 



