TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Description of the Hemp-plant 1 



Hemp-seed, constituent parts of, described ib. 2 



Process of Hemp-seed through the different stages of germination 2,3 



Description of the stem and leaves 4, 5 



Distinctive characters of male and female Hemp o, 6, 9, 19 



Flowers of male and female Hemp described 6 



Fruit or seed, natural appearances of 7, 8 



Description of Plate I . . . 9 



-of Plate II 10 



of Plate III , 11 



Botanical description of the Plant ib. 12 



Roots of the Hemp-plant, appearances of 13 



Soil and Culture suited to it ib. 14 



Uses of the Oil expressed from Hemp-seed 15 



Appearance of the Seed, viewed through the medium of a Microscope . . 16, 17 



Hemp-bark, external and internal, described 17, IS 



Hemp cultivated in Bengal for its narcotic qualities 20 



Vegetable substances used in Bengal, in lieu of Hemp 21 



Phool-sunn, a substitute for Hemp, described 22 



Boggy.swin, description of ib. 



Ghore-sunn, botanical account of ib. 23 



Paut-plants, substitutes for Hemp, described 23 



