650 



INDEX. 



Areometer, an instrument for testing 

 oil, 532 



Arbor alha^ 566 



Areca nuts, value of the exports from 



Ceylon, 579 

 ■ palm, 677 



Argemone Mexicana, 611, 521, 626 

 Arnotto, 447 



Arpent, a French land measure, about 



one-seventh less than an acre, 251 

 Arracan, exports of rice from, 297 

 Arracacha esculenta^ 355, 375 

 Arrack, 556 



used to flavor tobacco, 621 



Arroba, a Spanish weight of 25 lbs., 



the fourth part of a quintal. 

 Arrowroot, Benzon's analysis of, 348 

 • culture and commerce of, 



345 



made from the Palmyra 



shoots, 376 



. starch of, 331, 334-35, 337 



Arsenic for steeping grain, poisonous 

 effects from, 233 



Artocarpus incisa, 318, 330 



Arum colocasia, 364 



esculenticm, 364 



■ Hnmp/m, 365 



Asafoetida, 633 



Asdepias curassavica, 625 

 - gigantea, 494 



tingens, 442 



Assamee, an Indian name for the ryot 

 or cultivator, 467 



Assam, introduction of tea culture, 94 



tea sales, 98 



Company, origin of, 98 



manufacture of tea in, 126 



Assaroo, rain sowing, 468 



Astoria theiformisy used as tea at 

 Santa Fe, 80 



Attap leaf for thatching, 405, 559 



Attar of roses, 570 



Aucklandia, 438 



Auracaria BidivilUi, 377 



Australia, consumption of tea in, 87, 88 



■ sugar cultivation recommen- 

 ded, 139 



Austria production of beet-root sugar 



in, 197, 200 

 Avicenna tomentosa, 444 

 Avocado seed yields a dye stuff, 444 

 Awl tree, 443 

 Babool wood, 498 



Bahu, a land measure in J ava, equal 



to 71 acres. 

 Bajree, the Indian name for Holcus 



spicatus, 306 

 Bales of Cuba tobacco, size of, 613 



Balfour (Prof.) on the starch in po- 

 tatoes, 330 



on species of rhubarb, 



647 



Ball's account of the cultivation, &c., 



of tea, 103 

 Banana, starch in, 331 



used as a shade for the cacao, 15 



Baptista tinctoria, 453 



Barbacue, a platform for coffee drying, 



69 



Baphia nitida, 447 

 Barbados arrowroot, 337, 353 



culture of aloes in, 630 



cost of cultivating sugar, 189 



• ginger, 415 



sugar crops of, 149 



yam, 334, 335, 337, 338, 362 



Barcelona, exports of cacao from, 13 

 Bark of the larch, its utility, 376 

 Barks for tanning, 492 

 Barley, history and consumption of, 255 



. imported, 218 



; — meal imported, 218 



• produce of in England and 



Wales, 248, 256 



average prices of, 256 



Barrel of rice weighs 600 lbs. net, 291 

 Barus camphor, 634 

 Barwood, 445, 447 



Basket of rice, a measure equal to 55f 

 lbs., English, 



Bassia butyracea, 136, 512 



longifolia^ 511 



oil seeds of, 537 



Batatas ediilis, 330, 331, 357 



Baiihinia fariegaia, 492 



Bayley (Mr.), on consumption of tea 

 in the manufacturing districts 



Bay rush or tapioca, 376 



Beans, analysis of, 264 



■ and peas, quantities imported, 313 



imported, 218 



Bearing time of different plants, 9 



Beck (Prof.) on various wheats, 222 



on the American bread- 

 stuffs, 226 



Beet root sugar produced on the Con- 

 tinent, 144 



cost of producing, 189, 



204 



Beet, varieties of the root, 191 

 Belgians, large consumers of coffee, 40 

 Belgium, production of beet root su- 

 gar in, 200 

 Benares, production of indigo in, 475 

 Ben, oil of, 523 



Bencoolen, pepper grown in, 423 

 — spice culture in, 412 



