INDEX. 



661 



Narthex asafcctida, 633 

 Nelumbium, seed of, as food, 378 



speciosum, the source of 



Chinese- arrowroot, 352 

 New South Wales, suited for madder, 

 482 



. tobacco culture in, 



621 



Negvohead tobacco, 601 

 New Orleans, capabilities for rice cul- 

 ture, 287 



exports of castor oil from, 



545 

 Neriwn, 453 



oleander, 495 



Necm tree oil, 511, 537 



Nicaragua wood, 4 15, 447 



Nipa fmticans, 136 



Nipah, leaf for thatching, 559 



Nicotine, 590 



Nicotium, species of the plant, 590 



Nitrogen, in grain, 307 



in the starch plants, 342 



234, 310 



iu the plantain, 323 



Nigella, species of, 421 



North West Provinces, tea culture in, 



117 



Nostoe edulis, 378 

 Northern Australia, directions for 



growing tobacco, 623 

 Nut oil, price of, 517 

 Nutgall, tannin in, 492, 495 

 Nut pine, 377 

 Nutmeg tree, 401 



curing of, 409 



wild, 412 



Nux vomica, 577 

 Nyctanthes arbortristes, 494 

 Nymphcea lotus, starch obtained from, 

 352 



Oats, proportion of oil in, 564 



production of in the United King- 

 dom, 257 



imported, 218 



Oatmeal, imported 218 



Oats and beans, produce of in England 

 248 



Oak bark, tannin in, 492 



Ocas, a tuberous plant, 374 



Ocoes or taniers, 331 



Ocymum tuberosum, 356, 367 



Ohio tobacco, statistics of, 59S, GOO 



Oil of aniseed, 438 



Oil, proportions of in various crops, 26< 



obtained from the Cacao seeds 



11, 12 



Oil of cubebs, 639 



of camphor, 634 



of cassia, 396 



Oil of cloves, 398 



of mace, 402 



of cinnamon, 389, 390 



spikenard, 565 



. of Ben, 523 



cake, 513, 531 



mills of India, 535 



cakes of the castor seed, 545 



cake from coco-nut, 552, 563 



coco-nut, 551, 556, 561, 562 



from maize, 564 



of sandal wood, 565 



cake imported, 564 



cake, American, 565 



Oilcake as a manure, 50 



used in China, 313 



Oil palm, 525 



Oils, burning properties of various, 



508 



Oldenlandia umbellata, 449 

 0-eaginous plants, 509 

 Olea fragram, 528 

 Europea, 527 

 Olives, mode of preserving the fruit, 



530 



Olive oil, prices of, 531 

 509, 527 



sources of supply, 563 



Omen-e-chah, the Indian name for a 



wild bean, 372 



Onions, planted with arrow root, 347 

 Ophelia chirata, 641 

 Opium, history and trade of, 580 

 Orceine, 488 

 Orchilla weed, 452 



" weed, imports of, 486 

 Orchids furnishing salep, 354 



an edible species of, 375 



roots of some used as food, 



377 



Orituco cacao, superior quality of, 14 

 Oryza, varieties of, 284 

 Orlong, a land measure in the East, 



equal to 1| acre, 297 

 O'Shaughnessy's analysis of Ceylon 



moss, 380 



on opium, 581 



Oswego starch factory, 343 



Otto of khuskhus, 573 



Otaheite cane, 153 



Oude, production of indigo in, 464, 475 



Oxalic acid, used for vinegar, 312 



Oxley (Dr.) on nutmeg culture, 402 



Paddy, a name for rice in the husk, 



297 



Patchouly, 537 

 Pannam kilingoes, 376 

 Parchment coffee, 60 

 fao Crava, one of the spice barks, 384 

 Pachyrrhizus angulatus, 377 



