INDEX. 



651 



Bengal, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189 

 indigo, 464 



introduction of the coffee tree 



into, 40 



production of indigo in, 475 



— production of opium in, 580 



. rice, 296 



Bennet on Ceylon, 316 

 Bennett (Dr.), description of gambier, 

 500 



Berar, edible root of, 377 

 Berberry, a dye stuff, 442 

 Berbice, exports of coffee from, 73 

 Bergamot, essence of, 566 

 Berger's process of making rice starch, 

 344 



Bermuda arrowroot, statistics of, 353 

 mode of cultivating arrow- 

 root, 346 

 Berry wax, 540 

 Betel leaf, 577 



Bhoe Moong, the Indian name for the 



ground nut, 515 

 Bhull rice lands, 293 

 Biggah, distinction between this land 



measure, 471 

 Bignonia Chica, 444 

 Bihai, 320 

 Bitter cassava, 331 

 Bixa orellana^ 447 

 Black ginger, 415 



pepper, statistics of, 428 



tea, imports of the last fifteen 



years, 82 



mode of manufacturing, 112 



Blood tree, 625 



Bollman (Prof.), on the potato rot, 359 



Bolitus used as food, 377 



Bonynge (Mr. F.) promotes tea culture 



in America, 97 

 Borassus gomutus, 315 

 Borneo, pepper produced in, 422 

 Bourbon, cacao grown in, 36 



produce of rice in, 293 



Bousa, an African beer, 308 



Boussingault's analysis of wheat, 244 



Boyams, food plant, 377 



Bran, analysis of, 231 



Brassica oleracea, oil from the seed, 539 



Brazilian arrowroot, 330, 367, 369 



Brazil, exports of coffee to America, 63 



cost of producing sugar in, 189 



culture of ginger, 418 



production of coffee in, 40, 41, 63 



introduction of the tea plant, 



128 



statistics of sugar production, 



182 



tobacco export from, 594 



wood, 485 



Bread fruit, 318, 330 



made from millet, 306 



nut of Jamaica, 319 



stuffs of commerce, 217 



Brick tea of Thibet, 92 



British Guiana, coffee produced in, 73 



West Indies, decline of coffee 



culture in, 40, 63, 67 

 • exports of coffee 



from, 73 

 Brood-boon, 319 



Bromelia Pinguin, fruit of, used for 



soap, 574 

 Broom corn, 307, 308 

 sedge, 308 



Brositnum ^licastrum, edible nuts of, 

 319 



Broussonitia tindoria, 485 



Brown bread, its wholesomeness, 230 



Bruce, (Mr. C. A.) on the manufacture 



of tea in Assam, 126 

 Buchanania latifolia, 494, 521 

 Buckwheat, average weight of crop in 



iS"ew Brunswick, 253 



oil from, 510 



culture of, 259 



analysis of, 260 



Buck yam, 333, 335, 362 

 Bullhoof, yields a narcotic, 589 

 Bunbury (Mr.) on Cape aloes, 632 

 Butch wood, used to keep off ants, 181 

 Butea frondosa, 507 



varieties of, 442 



■ tannin from, 494 



Butter of cacao, 11, 12 



obtained from the dolichos bean, 



313 



Cabacinha, the Portuguese name for a 



purgative plant, 626 

 Caballine aloes, 630 

 Cacao beans or seeds, analysis of, 12 

 age at which may be trans- 

 planted, 6 



expenses of a plantation, 33 



information respecting, 9 



plantation, enormous returns 



formerly obtained from, 34 



quantity consumed in the 



United Kingdom, 11 



total imports into the United 



Kingdom, 35 



' total imports from America and 



the "West Indies, 35 



trees, where indigenous, 33 



oppressive duties levied on, 34 



Cacomite, a species of Tigridia, 374 

 Cacoon, oil from, 511 

 Cadet's analysis of barks, 495 

 Ccesalpinia, species of, 446 

 Brasiliensis, 485 



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