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INDEX. 



Board of Trade (Bengal), observations of, 

 on the culture of Hemp, 22, 23, 37, 38, 

 40, 41, 54, 63, 72, 73, 74, 75, 82, 83, 

 165 - 171, 224 et seq., 250 ef seq. 



Bogs, drained, well calculated for raising 

 Hemp, 41. 



Boggy Sunn, a substitute for Hemp in the 



East-Indies, described, 22. 



subsequent culture of (see Sunn) 



Bombay, Hemp cultivated there, 24. 



Method of culture, 63, 64. 



Botanical Description, of the Hemp plant, 



1, 11. 



Braking or Breaking of Hemp, how conduct- 

 ed, 226 et seq. 



mode of braking practised on the 



Continent, 233, 234. 



Suffolk method, 234, 235. 



Breulles, M. new process recommended by, 

 for steeping Hemp, 185, 186. 



Bridport, mode of cultivating Hemp there, 

 284, 2S6. 



Brightness of Hemp -seed a criterion of its 



goodness, 65, 66, 67. 

 Britanny, observations and experiments by the 



Agricultural Society of, on watering Hemp, 



180, 182. 



Broad-cast method of sowing Hemp inferior 

 to drilling, 86. 



Bridles, observations by M. L'Abbe, on the 

 preparation of land for Hemp, 50. 



on the choice of seed, 67. 



on the quantity to be sown, Jl. 



on the proper time of sowing, 79- 



on the best mode of sowing, 89. 



...... estimate by, on the expenses and pro- 

 fit of cultivating Hemp, 133, 134. 



...... hints by for steeping Hemp, 184, 



185. 



method recommended by, for separa- 

 ting the fibres from the Hemp, 239-242. 



Bunga, or Bungh, Hindoo names for the 

 Hemp-plant, 21 . 



C. 



Coloaee, bark of, manufactured into twine in 

 the Island of Sumatra, 25. 



description of, ib. 



Cannabis domestica, \1. 



erratica, 5. 



........ Jiorifera, ib. 



feecunda, ib. 



fceminea, ib. 



.fructifera, ib. 



mas, ib. 



... sativa, Linn. 1, 5, 11. 



silvestris, 12. 



sterilis, 5 . 



Chambers, Mr., his description of the Hemp- 

 plant, 11. 



on the preparation of land 



for sowing, 46. • 



on the drying of Hemp, 158. 



Chateauvicux, M. de, his management of 



Hemp, 103, 109. 

 Chittagong, Hemp cultivated there for Bang, 



an intoxicating liquor, 22. 

 Choice of Hemp-seed, hints for making, 65, 



67- 



Coir, a species of palm, substituted for Hemp 



in India, 21, 26 (note). 

 Coke, the best fuel for drying Hemp, 21 7. 

 Colour, bright of Hemp-seed, a proof of its 



goodness, 65, 66, 67. 

 Commercolly , culture of the Sunn-plant there, 



22. 



Corchorus olitorius, 21. 



capsularis, 26 (note). 



Coromandel, Coast of, usual seed-time for 



Hemp there, 85. 



Crotolaria juncea, 21, 26 (note). 



Crowland, mode of cultivating Hemp at, 281, 

 234. 



