INDEX 



A corns Calamus, 442 



Acreage, number of plants in, 445 



Allspice. See Pimento, 197 



Bakek pepper, 318 

 Bordeaux mixture, 9 

 Burnt earth, 35 



Calamus root, 442 



Capsicums or Chilies, varieties of, 360 

 History of, 363 

 Names of, 364 

 Cultivation of, 365 



In India, 370 



In Africa, 371 



In California, 372 . 



In Turkey, 372 



In Australia, 374 

 Cropping, 375 

 Yield and prices, 376 

 Pests, 377 



General notes on, 381 

 Cardamoms, Ceylon and Malabar, 324 

 History of, 326 

 Names of, 327 

 Altitude and climate, 328 

 Wild cultivation, 329 

 Garden cultivation, 334 

 Propagation by rhizomes, 334 



By seed, 336 

 Nurseries, 337 

 Shading, 338 

 Planting out, 340 

 Weeding and manuring, 342 

 Cropping, 342 

 Gathering, 344 

 Pests, 345 

 Yield, 348 

 Curing, 349 

 Bleaching, 352 

 Starching and clipping, 353 

 Sorting, 354 

 Packing, 355 

 Areas of cultivation, 355 

 Uses of, 356 

 Nepal, 357 

 Round, 357 

 Estimates, 358 



Cassia bark, Chinese, 227 



Cultivation of, 229 



Malayan, 236 

 Cassia buds, 233 

 Cassia oil, 232 

 Cassia trade, 234 

 Cayenne pepper, manufacture of, 379 



Uses of, 380 



Chabei Piper officinarum, 316 

 Chilies. See Capsicums, 360 

 Ginnainomum Tamala, 225 

 Cinnamon, Ceylon, 205 



History of, 206 



Cultivation, soil, 208 



Seed, raising from, 210 



Planting, 211 



Cuttings, propagation from, 212 



Transplanting stumps, 212 



Planting out, 213 



Weeding, 214 



Manuring and growth, 215 



Pests, 216 



Cutting, 218 



Peeling and piping, 219 



Chips, 221 



Cultivation areas, 222 



Uses of, 223 



Trade, 224 

 Cloves, description of, 155 



History of cultivation, 158 



Names of, 162 



Cultivation of, 163 



Soil for, 164 



Planting, 165 



Manuring and shading, 167 



Pests of, 169 



Cephaleurus mycoidea on, 169 



Borers, 174 



Cropping, 176 



Packing, 178 



Cultivation in Zanzibar, 179, 191 



Areas of cultivation, 190 

 In Malaya, 190 

 In Mascarene Islands, 191 

 In Malay Peninsula, 192 



Uses of, 193 



Oil of, 194 



Stalks, 195 



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