INDEX. 



661 



Karthex amfcetida^ 633 

 Nelmnbium, seed of, as food, 378 

 speeiosum, the souice of 



Chinese arrowroot, 352 

 New South Wales, suited for madder, 



482 



■ tobacco culture in, 



621 



Negrohead tobacco, 601 

 New Orleans, capabdities for rice cul- 

 ture, 287 



exports of castor oil from, 



545 

 Kerium, 453 



oleander, 495 



Neem tree oil, 511, 537 

 Nicaragua wood, 445, 447 

 NijM frutkca^s, 136 

 Nipah, leaf for thatching, 559 

 Nicotine, 590 



Kicotium, species of the plant, 590 

 Nitrogen, in grain, 307 



• in the starch plants, 342 



234, 310 



in the plantain, 323 



Nigella, species of, 421 

 North West Provinces, tea culture in, 

 117 



Nostoe edulis, 378 



Northern Australia, directions for 



growing tobacco, 623 

 Nut oil, price of, 517 

 Nutgall, tannin in, 492, 495 

 Nut pine, 377 

 Nutmeg tree, 401 



cui'ing of, 409 



• wild, 412 



Nux vomica, 577 

 Nyctanthes arbortristes, 494 

 Kymphcea lotus, starch obtained from, 



352 



Oats, proportion of oil in, 564 



production of in the IJnited King- 

 dom, 257 



imported, 218 



Oatmeal, imported 218 



Oats and beans, produje of in England, 

 248 



Oak bark, tannin in, 492 



Ocas, a tuberous plant, 374 



Ocoes or taniers, 331 



Oeymum tuberosum, £56, 367 



Ohio tobacco, statistics of, 598, GOD 



Oil of aniseed, 438 



Oil, proportions of in various crops, 264 



■ obtained from the Cacao seeds, 



11, 12 

 Oil of cubebs, 639 



of camphor, 634 



of cassia, 396 - • 



Oil of cloves, 398 



of mace, 402 



of cinnamon, 389, 390 



spikeaard, 565 



. of Ben, 523 



cake, 513, 531 



mills of India, 535 



cakes of the castor seed, 545 



cake from coco-nut, 552, 563 



coco-nut, 551, 556, 561, 562 



from maize, 564 



of sandal wood, 565 



cake imported, 564 



cake, American, 565 



Oilcake as a manure, 50 



■ used in China, 313 



Oil palm, 525 



Oils, burning properties of various, 

 508 



Oldenlandia umlellata, 449 

 Oleaginous plants, 509 

 Olea frag vans, 528 

 — Europea, 521 



Olives, mode of preserving the fruit , 

 530 ^ 



Olive oil, prices of, 531 



509, 527 



sources of supply, 563 



Omen-e-chah, the Indian name for a 



wild bean, 372 

 Onions, planted with arrow root, 347 

 Ophelia ehirata, 641 

 Opium, history and trade of, 580 

 Orceine, 488 

 Orchilla weed, 452 



— weed, imports of, 486 



Orchids furnishing salep, 354 



an edible species of, 375 



roots of some used as food, 



377 



Orituco cacao, superior quality of, 14 



Oryza, varieties of, 284 



Orlong, a land measure in the East, 



equal to l^ acre, 297 

 O'Shaughnessy's analysis of Ceylon 



moss, 380 



on opium, 584 



Oswego starch factory, 343 

 Otto of khuskhus, 573 

 Otaheite cane, 153 



Oude, production of indigo in, 464, 475 

 Oxalic acid, used for vinegar, 312 

 Oxley (Dr.) on nutmeg culture, 402 

 Paddy, a name for rice in the huok, 

 297 



Patchouly, 537 



Pannam kilingoes, 376 



Parchment coffee, 60 



Fao Crava, one of the spice barks, 384 



Fachyrrhizus angulatus, 377 



