T.vftr M INDTG0. 



The tun (i rst mentioned kinds are chiefly cultivat- 

 ed in Poiianir anil Province Wellesley, and merely to 

 an extent sufficient to supply the cultivators and the 

 Jural market. 



The manufacture of indigo is jet in its infancy, 

 and the product is ton rnnle to l»e lit for the Imro- 

 peau markets. It is eithe r of a thtekish liquid, or of 

 a coarse, concrete, semi-rhnstallizrd mass, with au 

 inordinate proportion of lime tor its base, and of a 

 linhl-blur color. 1 have been credily inf«<rui( d by a 

 Dutch i»enlleman, that tin- dried indigo plant, was, in 

 former times, often carried from the Dutch colonies 

 to Holland and there manufactured into the dye. 



hi 1S2*2, the then superintendent of Province \WU 

 letfejTj made au experiment, with the aid of a native 

 from Denial, to ascertain the probability ot' manufac- 

 turing indigo there. The result was a product whic h, 

 b\ competent judges in Calcutta, was pronounced to 

 Ik? a fair, merchantable indigo, of the second ifuatitj 

 There cannot be any doubt that the first quality 

 KQight be produced ; for the plant thrives luxuriantly 

 and is not subjected to the accidents of floods and 

 droughts, as in India. There is abundance of land 

 here fit fur growing indigo, and the only drawback 

 to its extensive cultivation by Europeans, might be, 

 the hiuh price of wages, compared with Indian rates. 



The Chinese are the only regular cultivators of the 

 Tarum. The plant is generally renewed even year, 

 in weak s >ils. Hut with proper management, it will 

 continue wry productive fur two years. The wed is 

 first raised in a nursery and then can fully trans- 

 planted. Shell-lime is employed to kill the insects 

 on l fit* leaves,, a ( I< cut 1 1 n >i i of ah ar tuba, (a strong 

 c reeping plant) i- applied to the muj to kill insects. 

 The Chinese have a bed of this shrub in all their 

 gardens. Il is a powerful narcotic, and the juice, in- 



