600 



INDEX. 



Machinery for sugar, 140 



for colft . "'! 



for arrowrot, 350, 348 



required for the plantain, 



324 



required for sago, 318 



n:i river, cacao indigenous on 



, 14 



Magnolia f/<xc<tfa, used to flavor tea, 85 

 Majoon, an opium confection, 585 

 Malabar, production of coffee in, 41 



cassia, 394 



ginger, 415 



pepper produced in, 422 



Malwa opium, 580 



Manure, a special for tohacco, 592 



Manures, suited to the coffee tree, 50 



for the nutmeg, 406 



suited for arrowroot, 347 



scarcely required in tropical 



countries, 6 



suited for the sugarcane, 172 



suited to maize 278 



Manioc, aee Cassava 

 Manihot, species of, 367 



Htilixsinia, 315 



Mansana, a land measure of 100 square 



yards, or nearly two British statute 



acres, 455 

 Manyroot, 625 



Maranta arundinncen, juice of an anti- 

 dote to poisons, 627 

 Itfarattia alata, 380 

 Maryland tobacco, statistics of, 598, 



600 



Mate, a name for tlie Paraguay tea, 1 33 

 Matiro, 613 

 Matias bark, 636 

 Maund of Surat, 39 \ Ibs. 

 an Indian weight of varable 



quantity 



Melaleuca minor, 566 

 Mctrosideros tomentosa, 505 



'r>/nnt/ifnnn nodiflorum, 494 

 uennian coccitliis, 576 



palmatum, 638 



. a name given to the dried cane 

 at, or trash used for fuel, 168 



p, 420 

 Melsen's process of sugar boiling, 203 



t'otftis, 4 13 



. a wild sweet potato of North 

 rfaft, 372 



Mi-ivmiine, an Iivlian edible root, 372 

 Mexican thistle, 626 



. imports of indigo from, 477 



-iffHs, 314 

 Millet, 'varieties of, cultivated, 304 



the great Indian, 306 



Miller oil tobacco culture, 608 



Mill, rude one, used in Siam for hulling 



paddy, 302 



for crushing plantain stems, 327 



Mills ford aning rice, 286/288 

 Minot, a Canadian grain measure about 



one-eighth less than a bushel, 251 

 Milloco, a tuberous plant, 374 

 Mint, culture of, 567 

 Mimosa bark, 504 

 Mico or mijo, a vegetable butter made 



in Java, 313. 512 

 Monkey broad, 378 



pot seed oil, 612 



Morinda, species of, 443, 449 

 Morewood (Mr. E.), his exertions in 



Natal, 140 



experiments in 



sugar culture, 187 



Mocha, production of coffee in, 41 

 cxiltivation of coffee in, 43 



MotheF cloves, definition of, 397 



Moussache, the fecula of the manioc, 

 315 



Mountain rice, 285, 290, 296 



Movj.liia, proportion in opium, 584, 585 



Mora excelsa, 495, 



Mornula citrifolia, 478 



Moringa oil, 523 



species of, 523 



Musa, species of, 319 



Musquash root of the Micmacs, 371 



Mustard seed, 437 



Muscovado sugar, cost of producing. 

 189 



Mucuna pruricns, 625 

 utilis, 304 



Muc/towa oil, 511 



Mum tcxtilis, 321 



Mustard oil, 510, 511 

 seed, 509, 535 



Munjeet, 449 



Miivjattha, 484 



Mxrnrnja ore'lata, a narcotic, 489 



Mi/nca cerifera, 494, 540 



macroca-rpa, 542 



Myrtus carophyllata, 284 

 Pimenta, 430 



Jfyrifitica, varieties of the tree, 401 



scbifcra, 512 



Myrobolans, 506 



Myrtle wax, 510 



Mys n-e, production of coffee in, 41 



Xnjinota oil, 520 



X<inrli'a (iftmbir, 496 



Namur oil, 572 



Natal Agricultural Society, its en- 

 deavours to promote sugar cultiva- 

 tion, 139 



indigo culture in, 463 



sugar culture in, 18(5 



