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The Panicums 340 



Italian Millet .. .. 340 



Chena oe Indian Millet; Veragoo .. .. 340 



Shamay, or Little Millet .. 340 



Sawa Millet • ..341 



CuMBOO, OR Spiked Millet. — Mode of culture — Composition of the 

 grain ,. 341 



Raggy, or Eaggee 342 



KoDA Millet ..342 



Teff 342 



Starch-producing Plants. — Description of the varieties of starches, and 

 their distinctive characters — Statistics of imports of Arrowroot into the 

 United Kingdom — Cultivation and manufacture in Bermuda and 

 Jamaica — Statistics of export — St. Kitts — St. Vincent — Large 

 progress in the production — Culture and manufacture in Natal — 

 Statistics of exports — Production in India 343 



Australian Arrowroot. — Production in Victoria, New South Wales, and 

 Queensland 348 



Tacga Plant of the Pacific Islands 349 



Manioc, or Cassava Starch. — Where grown — Soils best suited to the 

 plant — Two defined species, but numerous varieties — Preparation of 

 the meal and fecula for market — Culture in Brazil — Statistics of 

 Tapioca — Exports from Brazil — Imports of Tapioca into the United 

 Kingdom from the Straits Settlements 349 



Japanese Starches 352 



Cilvyote 353 



SECTION IV.— The Principal Vegetable Dye-Stuffs of Commerce. 



Indigo. — Various kinds produced — Statistics of imports into the United 

 Kingdom — With re-exports — Sources of supply — Plants yielding the 

 dye-stuff — Modes of manufacture in India — Culture of the plant — 

 Tests of good indigo — Exports from India ^ — Money value of the crop — 

 Extension of the culture — Cost of cultivation — Cochin China, mode of 



production — Siam — China — Japan — Java — Statistics of production 

 and quality of the indigo — The Philippines — Africa — Southern States 

 of America — Colombia — Costa Rica — Guatemala — Nicaragua — Cen- 

 tral America — British imports from thence — New Granada — Statistics 

 of shipments — Venezuela 354 



Madder. — History and production — Influence of the coal-tar dyes — 

 Naples madder — French madder — Statistics of production — Garancine 

 — Dutch madder, annual yield — Russian madder — United States — 

 Imports into the United Kingdom 369 



Munjeet. — Description of * 374 



Ghay Root. — Its growth and use 374 



Safplower. — Its production and uses — European, Indian, and Chinese — 

 Mode of culture and preparation — Use of the seeds — Statistics of im- 

 ports of safllower into England 374 



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