POPULAR 



ECONOMIC BOTANY; 



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DESCRIPTION 



OF THE 



BOTANICAL AND COMMEECIAL CHARACTERS 



OF THE 



PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN, USED FOR 



FOOD, CLOTHING, TANNING, DYEING, BUILDING, 



MEDICINE, PERFUMERY, ETC. 



BY 



THOMAS CROXEN ARCHER, 



COLLECTOB OP THE LIVERPOOL IMPOSTS EXHIBITED AT THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL 



EXHIBITION OP 1851, AND APPOINTED COLLECTOR FOB THE DEPARTMENT 



OP APPLIED BOTANX IN THE NEW CBTSTAL PALACE. SYDENHAM. 



LONDON : 

 REEVE AND CO., HENRIETTA STREET, C( 



1853. /^V-\F 



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