290 INDEX. 
Sowins, 24 
Soy, description, preparation, and use of, 133 
Spanish black, of what made, 226 
Spart. See Broom. 
Spruce, essence of, from what prepared, and uses of, 236 
Spunk or Touchwood, description and use of, 277 
Squinancy berries. See Currants, black. 
Stamens, 2 
Starch, prepared from different vegetable productions, 25, 55, 107, 
219, 221 
Stone blue, what made from, 189 
Storax, description, mode of obtaining, and use of, 131 
Stramonium, description, properties, and uses of, 50 
Strawberries, uses of, 153 
Sugar, how manufactured, 19, 20 
-, muscovado or raw, and clayed, 21 
; , how refined, 21 
-, loaf or lump, 22 
, candy, how made, 22 
, uses of, 22 
-, cane, description and cultivation of, 19 
, mode of obtaining sugar from, 20 
Sunflowers, description and uses of, 201 
Sycamore tree, description and uses of, 111, 112 
T. 
Tallow tree, description and uses of, 240 
Tamarinds, description, preparation, and use of, 177 
Tapioca, description, preparation, and use of, 239 
Tar, how prepared, and uses of, 234 
, water, 234 
Tarragon, description and use of, 200 
, vinegar, how prepared, 200 
Tea, tree, description and culture of, 159, 160 
, how collected, dried, and packed, 159 
~, how used by the Chinese and Japanese, 160 
, difference between black and green, 160 
, green, how prepared, 162 
- , bohea, why so called, and how prepared, 160 
- , congo, souchong, and Pekoe, 161, 162 
, Single, hyson, and gunpowder, 162, 163 
, history of the use of in Europe, 163 
, trade and uses of, 163 
-, how adulterated, 164 
Teak tree, description and uses of, 59 
Teasel, description and uses of, 38 
Teneriffe wine, 68 
