INDEX. 



G55 



Dhak tree, bark of, 507 



Dhurra, the Egyptian name for millet, 

 806 



Dicypellium caryophyllatiim, 384 



Didynamia gymosperma, 520 



Dietetic articles used for the prepara- 

 tion of popular beverages, 1 1 



Dillock, a preparation with cayenne, 

 429 



Dioscorea aculeata, 334, 362 



JDiospyros ghitinosa, 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 bijtorus, varieties of, 312 



btilbosus, roots used as food, 377 



oil, 521 



Domba oil, 513 



Dominica, exports of coffee from, 73 



introduction of the clove 



tree, 399 



Drac(nn terminalis, 355 



Drimys bark, 636 



Dryobalanops, species furnishing cam- 

 phor, 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 l-5th Ibs. 



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, 615 



Eddocs 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 



Elsusine corocana, 304 



Encephalartos coffer, 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 



Fancgada, a Spanish land measure, 9 

 Farinaceous plants, 216 

 Fennel flower, 421 

 Ferula asafcetida, 633 

 Fern roots as food, 377, 380 

 Fevillea scandens, 611 

 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, 127 



nutritious properties of various 



kinds, 232 



Foo-foo, the dough of the plantain, 324 



Fortune (Mr. E.) on the tea districts, 89 



engaged by the East 



India Company, 100 



report on the Indian 



tea plantations, 106, 117 



