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longitudinally ; the colour is a dark brown ; it is deprived of 

 its husk in a manner similar to that employed with rice, and 

 the kernel is then ground to a coarse meal. Small quan- 

 tities of this meal occasionally reach us from the United 

 States, but chiefly as presents; there is no regular com- 

 mercial demand. 



Peas, or Pease (both names are commonly used, com- 

 mercially). Pisum sativum. (Nat. Ord. Leguminosce.) 



This is the common white garden-pea in a ripened state. 

 We annually receive large quantities from Dantzic and other 

 northern ports, which are used as food for man and various 

 domestic animals. The quantity of peas imported into the 

 United Kingdom in 1850 was 181,419 quarters, and about 

 four times that quantity was home-grown. 



Beans. Faba vulgaris. (Nat. Ord. Leguminosa.) 



The only kind of bean imported in any considerable 

 quantities is the Egyptian or common horse-bean, which is 

 largely consumed for feeding horses. The same species is 

 extensively cultivated in this country, but the consumption 

 is so great, that not less than 443,306 quarters were im- 

 ported in 1850. Previous to 1845 the average imports of 

 five years was 161,418 quarters, whilst in the succeding five 

 years it increased to 415,655 quarters; the greatest quan- 



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