INDEX. 



C55 



Dhak tree, bark of, 507 

 Dhurra, the Egyptian name for millet, 

 306 



Bicypellium earyopJiyllatum, 384 



Didynamia gymosperma^ 520 



Dietetic articles used for the prepara- 

 tion of popular beverages, 1 1 



Dillock, a preparation with cayenne, 

 429 



Bioscorea aculeata, 334, 362 

 Biospyros glutinosa, 494 

 Bipterix odorata, 434 

 Bipterocarjms, oil from, 511 

 Divi-divi, c'03 



Division of seasons in the tropics, 6 



Dodder cake, 564 



Dogwood, bark of, 627 



Bolichos hiflorus^ varieties of, 312 



■ — bulbosus, roots used as food, 377 



oil, 521 



Domba oil, 513 



Dominica, exports of coffee from, 73 



■ introduction of the clove 



tree, 399 

 Bracmna terminalis, 355 

 Drimys bark, 636 



Dryobalanops, species furnishing cam- 

 phor, 634 



Dubranfaut's process of sugar making, 

 197, 201 



Dunsterville (Mr.), on Cape aloes, 631 

 Duquesne (M.), process of making sugar 



from beet, 202 

 Duration of various plants, 9 

 Dutch pound, lighter than the English 



avoirdupoise pound ; 100 Dutch 



pounds equal to 101 and 1-oth lbs. 

 Dutch "West Indies, production of 



coffee in, 41 

 Duty, large, levied on tobacco, 598 

 Dye stuffs, various, 440 



• from British plants, 452 



furnished by the cacao 



bean, 12 

 Dye woods, 445, 447 

 Eagle wood, 439 

 Eaith mouse, 374 

 Earth-nut oil, 513 

 East India ginger, 416, 418 



sugar, 139 



cultivation in, 152 



East ladies, imports of indigo from, 477 



rhubarb, 645 



Eddoes or cocos, 364 



Edward's preserved potatoes, 361 



Egyptian corn, 307 



opium, 585 



Elais, species furnishing palm oil, 524 

 Elnte sylvestris fruit, a masticatory, 579 

 Elettaria Cardomomum, 421 



Eleusine corocana, 304 

 Encephalartos cqfer, 319 

 English opium, 586 

 Eno bark, a black dye, 444 

 Epidendrum, species of, 431 

 Ervum lens, 312 

 Erythric acid, 489 



Erythrina, a shade tree for the cacao, 15 



Erysimum perfoUatum, oil from, 512 



Essences, 565 



Essential oils, 565 



Ethiopian pepper, 421 



Eucalyptus, bark of, for tanning, 494 



resinifera, 506 



Eugenia caryophyllata, 397 



Pimento, 430 



Eulophia virens, 354 

 Eupatorium glutinosum, 643 

 Euphorbia Lathyris, 510 

 Euterpe montana, 549 

 Evans' (Dr.) Sugar Planter's Manual, 

 140 



Evernia vulpina, 488 



Evodia triphylla, used as a perfume, 550 



Factory maund, about 70 pounds, 471 



Fagara piperita, 421 



Fanega, a Spanish measure, the fifth 

 part of an English quarter, equal to 

 12 quarrees, or 62 and 2-5ths acres, 

 13, 327 



Fanegada, a Spanish land measure, 9 



Farinaceous plants, 216 



Fennel flower, 42 1 



Ferula asafoetida, 633 



Fern roots as food, 377, 380 



Fevillea scandens, 611 



Finlay son's description of gambier 



manufacture, 500 

 Fish oils consumed, 509 

 — ■ — • poison, 627 



Fitzmaurice on the sugar cane, 180 



Fixed oils, 510 



Flax seed oil, 509, 501 



Flores, a commercial classification of 



indigo, 456 

 Florida, tobacco culture in, 609 

 Flour, damaged, shipped from America, 



227 



and meal, our imports of, 218 



obtained from spurry seed, 377 



Flowering of the sugar cane, 182 

 Food plants of commerce, 217 



nutritious properties of various 



kinds, 232 

 Foo-foo, the dough of the plantain, 324 

 Fortune (Mr. R.) on the tea districts, 89 



engaged by the East 



India Company, 100 



report on the Indian 



tea plantations, 106, 117 



