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INDEX. 



Palm oil, imports of, 527 



^ sources of supply, 563 



Palm oil, 509, 524 



wine, 314 



sugar, 136 



Palma Christi, 542 



Palmetto palm, 495 



Palmyra nut, first shoot of, edible, 376 



Pan, a masticatory, 577 



Pancratium, species of, 625 



Pandanus, fruit of eaten as food, 377 



odoratissinms, 565 



Panicum, various species of, 304 



spicatum, of Eoxburgh, 308 



Tanax quinquefolitm^ 436 

 Falosde Velas", 521 

 Paper made from plantain fibre, 3 5 

 Fapsalum exile, 310 

 Papaver somniferum, 580 

 Paraguay tea plant common in Brazil. 

 130 



description of, 133 



extent of the trade, 133 



Parietinic acid, 488 

 Parrnenteira cerifera, 521 

 Parmelia, species of lichens, 486 



a dye-stufi", 488 



Peas, analysis of, 2(14 

 Peeling coffee, 51, 60 



cinnamon, 316 



Peligot (Mr.) on the composition of 



wheat, 230 

 Pepper, black, 421 



pot, a West Indian dish, 369 



prices of, 413 



duty on, 424 



Peppermint oil. 566 



Peon, the Spanish term for a laborer, 



135 



Persea grati&siim, 444 

 Perfumed oils, 569 

 Persian berries, 443 

 Peas imported, 218 



Pessaloo, an Indian name for the Pha- 

 seolus mungo I 



Pereira's classification of the cincho- 

 nas, 636 



Peruvian bark, 635 



Pearl sago, 318 



of Persia, 316 



Piper angustifoUura, 643 



Petty rice, 310 



Pehea, species of, yielding oil, 512 

 Pea-nut, 516 

 Persian tobacco, 615 

 Phaseolus, varieties of, 312 

 Phaseolus Mungo max, 171 

 Phalaris caniensis, 31 i 

 Phlomis, 643 



Philippines, cassia brought from, 394 



Philippine Islands, sugar cultivation 

 in, 153 



■ production of coffee 



in, 41 



varieties of rice grown 



in, 302 



Philippines, export of indigo from, 



476 



cigars made in, 620 



Phillip's (Dr.) analyses of Guinea 

 corn, 307 



Phyllodadxis trichomanoides, 505 



Physic nut, 512, 625 



PiJul, a Dutch weight of 133| Eng- 

 lish pounds, 36 



Piddington's (Mr.) analyses of tobacco, 

 617 



Pigeon-pea, 304 



Pignons, use of as food, 377 



Pimpinella Anismn, 437 



Pimento, 430 



Pinang, nutmegs in, 412 



tea culture attempted, 95 



clove culture in, 399, 400 



■ pepper culture in, 425 



Piper Betel, 577 



Cubeii, 639 



species of, 421 



Puius Pinea, seeds of the cones used 

 for food, 377 



Piney tallow, 512 



Plantation sugar, imports, 139 



Plantado passado, 323 



Plantain, dye stuffs obtained from, 444 



j'J-ice, recommended for cla- 

 rifying sugar, 162 



information respecting, 9 



starch in, 331 



blight, 321 



319 



leaves, bags made of, 316 



meal, 324, 341 



Planche, his memoir on the sagos, 315 

 Plumeria, essences of, 524 

 Pledranthus graveolens, 573 

 Plough used in Brazil, 184 

 Polygonum fagopyrunx, 260 

 Poa Abyssinica, 308 

 Pomegranates, for dyeing, 440 

 Potash an important element in maize, 

 267 



large quantity in maize, 264 



Potatoes, mode of keeping in Peru, 361 



average weight per bushel in 



J^ew Brunswick, 253 



composition of, 227 



imported, 218 



composition of, 264 



analysis of varieties, 362 



yield per acre, 356 



