POPULAR 



ECONOMIC BOTANY; 



OB 



DESCRIPTION 



OP THE 



BOTANICAL A-ND COMMEECIAL CHARACTEES 



OP THE 



PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF YEGETABLE ORIGIN, USED FOR 

 FOOD, CLOTHINa, TANNINa, DYEING, BUILDING, 

 MEDICINE, PERFUMERY, ETC. 



BY 



THOMAS CROXEN ARCHER, 



COLLECTOB OP THE LIVERPOOL IMPOSTS EXHIBITED AT THE G-PvEAT ITfDTJSTBIAL 

 EXHIBITIOIf OE 1851, AISTD APPOINTED COLLECTOB TOR THE DEPARTMENT 

 OF APPLIED BOTANY IN THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE, SYDENHAM. 



LONDOJN^ : 



REEVE AND CO,, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 



1853. 



