INDEX. 



A. 



Atiroma Angusta, page 21. 



Agave Americana, 21, 26 (note). 



Agricultural Society of Britanny, observations 

 and experiments of, on the process of water- 

 ing Hemp, 180, 182. 



of Tours, remarks by, on 



the quality of water to be used for steeping 

 or retting Hemp, 183, 184. 



Aletris nervosus, 21," 26 (note). 



Average Produce of Hemp in different places, 

 126 et seq. 



of Sunn in Bengal, 129, 



130. 



in the Dacca Dis- 

 trict, 130, 132. 



B. 



Bagoo-tree, bark of, manufactured into 

 twine, 25. 



Bang, or Banja, Indian names for the Hemp- 

 plant, 20, 21. 



)..... an intoxicating liquor so denominated, 

 21, 22. 



Banks (Sir Joseph), on the culture of Hemp, 

 32, 33. 



Banksia, a substitute for Hemp, 26 (note) 

 Bark of the Hemp-plant described, 17, 18 

 .... of various plants made into twine in the 



Island of Sumatra, 25. 

 Baroo-tree, bark of, manufactured into 



twine> 25. 



Barren, or male Hemp, how distinguished 

 from the female or fruitful plant, 5, 19. 



description of the- 



plate illustrating its structure and growth, IO; 



Beccles, average estimate of expenses and pro- 

 fit on Hemp cultivated there, 136, 137. 



Beetling of Hemp, how conducted, 270. 



Bengal, Hemp cultivated in, 20. 



different names there given to this 



plant, il. 



Hemp can be raised there only on 



rich soils, 37, 53, 54. 

 preparation of land for, Sad. culture 



of, Sunn, 55, 57. 



quantity of seed sown there, 72, 73. 



...... proper season for sowing Hemp, 80, 81, 



time of sowing Sunn, 82. 



best method of sowing Hemp, 91, 



Sunn* il. 92, ^ 



time and mode proper for pulling 



Hemp and- Sunn, 113, 114. 

 ...... average produce of Sunn there, 129, 



130. 



estimate of comparative profit and 



expense on Sunn cultivated there, 146, 148. 



...... method pursued in, for drying Hemp 



and Sunn lefore watering, 161 - 170. 



process for watering Hemp and Sunn 



described, 194-196. 



mode of drying, after the plants 



have been watered, 221 - 22 i. 

 ...... method of separating the fibres from 



the stem, 247, 248. 



