Vulgar words in The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom - Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. (Page 1)
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This is the bastard cedar of Jamaica, or Orme d'Amerique, and Bois d'Orme of the French, which may be found described by Lunan, in the first volume of his "Hortus Jamaicensis," page 59, under the name of _Bubroma Guazuma_.
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In Mississippi many varieties are grown, principally those known as flint and bastard flint.
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of bastard cardamoms are annually exported from Siam, "We imported about 300 tons in 1849.
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The second sort, called _vanilla simarona_, or bastard, is a little smaller than the preceding, of a less deep brown hue, drier, less aromatic, destitute of efflorescence.
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The seeds of bastard saffron (_Carthamus tinctorius_) yield oil.
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The Indian root or bastard ipecacuan (_Asclepias curassavica_) has medicinal properties.
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), on the tea culture at Darjeeling, 116 Camphor, on the collection of, 633 obtained from the roots of the cinnamon, 389 _Cannabis indica_, 643 Camwood, 447 Canada, production of maple sugar in, 206 West, grain exports of, 251 Canadian yellow root, 626 Canary Isles, millet exported from, 306 moss, 486 seed, 311 Candleberry myrtle, 540 Candlewood, 539 Candles made of cinnamon suet, 390 Candle tree, 521, 538 Cane sugar, composition of, 136, 155, 157 _Canella alba_, 396 Canna, species of, 355 _Canothus Americanus_, used as tea, 80 Caoutchouc, 539 Capa, a term in Cuba for good tobacco, 614 Cape aloes, manufacture of, 631 weed, 486 Capsicum, 428 _Carapa_, species yielding oil, 518 oil, 441, 519 _guianensis_, 512 Caracas, large produce of cacao in, 13 Caraveru, a red pigment, 444 Carraway seed oil, 437, 566 Cardomoms, bastard, 419 plants furnishing, 419 _Carduus Virginianus_, 376 Carob bean, 312, 313 Carolina rice, shipments of, 285 Carrageen, 379 Carrots, average weight per bushel in New Brunswick, 253 _Carthamus tinctoria_, 450 oil from, 512 Caruto, a name for the Lana dye, 444 Carver's treatise on tobacco culture, 607 _Carum carui_, 566 _Caryophyllus aromaticus_, 397 _Caryota urens_, 314 Cascarilla bark, 396 Cashew bark, 495 nut oil, 512 Cassareep, an antiseptic, 339, 343, 369 Cassava cakes, 342 culture of, 367 fecula of, 330 flour exports from St. Lucia, 369 meal, 341 roots, information respecting, 9 starch, yield per acre, 370 Cassia, a rival to cinnamon, 391 _auriculata_, 494 bark of China, superiority of, 393, 394 buds, 396 _lignea_, 394, 396 statistics of imports and consumption of, 394 Castor oil, 510, 511, 527, 536, 542, 563 Catechu or Cutch, 579 tannin in, 495 Cattle, consumption of Indian corn by, 271 Catty, a Chinese weight, 400 Cayenne, nutmeg introduced, 412 pepper grown in, 427 pepper, 429 pottage, 429 _Celastrus paniculatus_, 521 Celebes, coffee grown in, 62 production of coffee in, 41 rice culture in, 302 tobacco, 621 Centrifugal machine for sugar, 140 _Cephælis Ipecacuanhæ_, 641 _Ceratonia siliqua_, 312, 313 Cereal grasses, 216 _Ceroxyion andicola_, 541 _Cersium virginianum_, 376 _Cetraria islandica_, 343, 379 Ceylon arrowroot, 353 cardamoms, 419, 421 coco-nut culture in, 556 culture of rice in, 295 Ceylon, exports of castor oil from, 545 adapted for indigo culture, 475 gamboge, 639 the great seat of cinnamon culture, 383 pepper exported from, 426 imports of _Terra Japonica_, 502 moss, 379 produce of tobacco in, 619 production of coffee in, 41 tea plant introduced, 95 Value of the betel nuts exported, 579 Chay-root, 449, 478 _Chamarops Palmetto_, 495 Chandu, the prepared extract of the opium, 585 _Chenopodium quinon_, 310 Cherrots, Manilla, 619 Chesnuts, consumed in France, 361 Chest of opium, about 140 lbs., 58 Chick pea, 312 the inspissated juice of the poppy, 582 Chicory, extensive consumption of, 37 Chillies, growth of, 428 Chimo, powdered potatoes, 361 China, population of, 86 shipments of tea from, 84 Chinese arrowroot, 352 _Chironia sapinda_, 521 _Chloranthus_, flowers used to flavor tea, 85 Chocolate nuts, 11 imported, 35 paste, as prepared by the Marienna, 18 Christison (Prof.), analysis of gamboge, 640 Chiretta, 641 Chrysoptranic acid, 488 _Cibotium Billardieri_, 380 Cigars, consumption of, 596 duty received on, 597 large consumption of in New York, 599 profit on manufacture of, 612 number exported from Cuba, 614 exported from Siam, 619 Cinchona bark, 635 Cinnamon, 382 export duty on, 391 oil, 565 properties of good, 387 statistics of export from Ceylon, 390, 391 suet, 522 varieties of the tree, 386 Citronella oil, 565, 573 Clagett and Co.'s (Messrs.) tobacco circulars, 601 Clarifying cane juice, 155 Clark, (Mr.) on a new variety of tobacco, 613 Classification and arrangement adopted in the work, 5 _Claytonia acutiflora_, 371 Clerihew's coffee apparatus, 52 Climate suited for various plants, 9 Clove bark, 383 Cloves, 397 oil, 390, 398 statistics of, 411 varieties of the tree, 398 where grown, 402 Cobres a first quality of indigo, 456 Coca plant, 576 _Cocculus indicus_, 576 _palmatus_, 638 Cochin China, coco nut oil exported from, 556 culture of rice, 298 exports of cinnamon, 393 tea considered inferior, 94 Cochineal, value of the dye stuff, 440 Cocoa, see Cacao, 9 fat, 519 nut butter, 560 information respecting, 9 oil, 527 palm, 547 _Cocos nucifera_, 547 _fusiformis_, 519 or eddoes, 364 Cocum oil, 521 Coffee, adulteration of, and substitutes for, 37 consumption of, 39, 596 cultivation in Ceylon, 46 in Africa, 77 in India, 44 information respecting, 9 manures suited for, 50 tree, description of, 43 production in various countries, 41 produce per tree and per acre, 69, 481 leaf, suited for making a beverage by infusion, 78 Dr. Hooker's opinion thereon, 79 plantation, beauty of, 67 prices of, in London, 47 signs of its being properly cured, 71 trade, progress of, 36 Coimbatore, culture of tobacco in, 618.
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), his experiments on Cassava starch, 370 Gloves made from bark, 376 Gluten contained in various grain crops, 264 definition of, 234 Gluten, composition of, 221 Glycirrhiza, 643 _Glyrine Apios_, 371 _subterranea_, 371 Glycerine, 643 _Glycirrhiza glabra_, 642 _Gnizotia oleifera_, 535 Gohyan, an Indian name for upland rice, 282 Gold of pleasure oil, 509 cake of, 564 Gomuti palm sugar, 136 315 _Gomatus saccharifer_, 314 Goor, the Indian name for half-made sugar, 308 Gorham's (Prof.) analysis of maize, 264 Gourds used for packing aloes, 630 _Gracelaria lichenoides_, 379 Graham (Dr.), on gamboge, 639 Gram, the Indian name for the _Ervum lens_, and _Cicer arietinum_, 312 Grain crops, 217 produce per acre in England, 219 of Paradise, 419, 420 average prices of in New Brunswick, 254 Grape sugar, properties of, 136 sugar, analysis of, 155 Grater for rasping arrowroot, 338 Grenada, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189 Great Exhibition, results of, 2 Green tea, mode of manufacturing, 113 tea, imports of the last 15 years, 82 Griffith (Dr.) on tea plants in Assam, 111 Groundnut oil, 511 Guano, not much required in tropical countries, 7 Guayaquil, large exports of cocoa from, 13 _Guazuma ulmifolia_, 164 Guillemen's (M.) report on the tea plantations of Brazil, 128 Guiana, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189 Guinea pepper, 429 grains, 420 yam, 331, 334, 335, 337, 362 corn, 306 Gums used by the dyers, 453 Gum tree of Australia, 494 Gun stock tree, 164 _Gunnera scabra_, 495 Gunny bags, rough canvas bags, 392 Guntang, an Indian dry measure of rather more than 15 pounds, 297 Guaco, or snake plant, 627 as a fertilizer, 278 _Gynerium saccharoides_, 136 _Gyrophora murina_, 486 _Hamatoxylon campechianum_, 484 Hamilton (Dr.), on oil of ben, 523 notices by, 617 Havana tobacco, classification of, 613 exports of tobacco from, 614 shipments of sugar from, 147 Hayti, exports of tobacco, 615 exports of ginger, 418 coffee from, 67 indigo from, 460 Hazel nut, oil from, 510 _Hebradendron Cambogoides_, 451, 639 Heather, dye from, 453 Hectare, a French land measure, equal to about 2½ acres, 204 Hectolitre, a French measure 192¼ bushel's Helot's lichen test, 452 Herreria sarsaparilla, 646 _Heliconia humilis_, 320 Hemlock tree, bark of, 494 Hemp seed oil, 509 Henna, a dye stuff, 486 Hepatic aloes, 630 Herring's palm kernel oil, 525 Hernandez (Mr.) on Cuba tobacco, 608 _Heuchera Americana_, 494 _Hibiscus rosa sinensis_, 494 Hingalee, the best Bengal tobacco, 617 Hino bark, 606 Hogs, large consumption of maize by, 271 Holcomb (Mr.) on the wheat crop of America, 245 _Holcus avenaceus_, 307 _spicatus_, 366 _saccharatum_, 306 Holland, tea sent to, 86 Honduras, export of indigo from, 460 Hooker (Dr.) on brick tea, 92 Hops, cascarilla bark used to adulterate, 397 Horse gram, 312 Hungary, production of beet sugar in, 197 _Hura crepitans_, 512, 626 Husking rice, 290 Hydraulic press for coco nut oil, 557 press, 329 _Hydrastica canadensis_, 625 _Hymenoea Courbaril_, 313 _Hyperanthera Moringa_, 523 Hypericum, species of, furnishes gamboge, 454, 640 Iceland moss, 343, 379 Illepe oil, 537, 511 _Ilex Paraguayensis_, indigenous to Brazil, 130 description of, 133 _Illicum anisatum_, 438 Impey (Dr.) on Malwa opium, 587 on Indian drugs, 626 Implements of colonial agriculture few and simple, 6 requisite for manufacturing tea, 115 Imports of arrowroot, 351, 354 arnotto, 449 cacao, from America and the West Indies, 35 cloves, 401 cinchona bark, 636 tea into Great Britain, 82 tobacco, 597 coco-nut oil, 562 palm oil, 525, 527 pimento, 431 opium, 580 nutmegs, 414 pepper, 428 castor oil, 544 sago, 318 indigo, 477 coffee, 37 Import commerce, our principal, articles furnished by the Vegetable Kingdom, 4 Incense wood, 439 Indigo, details of, 453 plants yielding, 442 information respecting, 10 mode of manufacturing, 457 production of in India, 474 in Natal, 463 _Indigofera_, species of, 453 India, tea culture in, 98 culture of indigo in, 463 Indiana, tobacco culture in, 607 Indian aloes, 630 berries, 576 corn, imports of, 263 information respecting, 9 analysis of, 264 sources of supply, 262, 263 starch, 343 meal imported, 218 yield per acre, 356 compared with Guinea corn, 307 meal, composition of, 307 opium, 586 root, 625 shot, 345 Indian corn, weight of, 280 madder, 484 Intoxicating liquors made from Cassava, 369 Iodine, 378 Ipecacuan, bastard, 653 641 _Ipomoea batatas_, 365 _brachypodo_, 522 _Jalapa_, 641 Ireland, tobacco consumed in, 596 cost of producing beet root sugar in, 193 Irish rock moss, 379 Iron, quantity of, in tobacco, 617 bark tree, 506 Irrigation for the tea plant never practised in China, 122 _Isatis Indigotica_,104 _tinctoria_, 452 Jaggery sugar, 555 Japanese camphor, 633 tobacco, 620 Japan, tea culture, 94 _Jatropha curcas_, oil from, 512 Jacobson's (Mr.) work on tea culture in Java, 102 Jalap, 641 Jamaica, cost of cultivating sugar in, 189 culture of coffee in, 67 culture of Guinea corn, 306 decline of sugar production, 148, 149 exports of coffee from, 73 ginger, 415, 417 sarsa, 646, 47 Jameson (Dr.) on the culture of tea in India, 106 Java, cinnamon cultivated in, 383, 392 clove does not succeed there, 399 coffee exported to the United States, 63 coco-nut oil exported from, 556 cost of producing sugar in, 189 culture of coffee in, 53 culture of rice in, 299 cultivation of indigo in, 476 gambier grown in, 502 nutmegs exported from, 413 pepper grown in, 422-23 production of coffee in, 41 statistics of, 300 statistics of indigo exported, 476 statistics of tea culture in, 102 sugar culture in, 152 tea plantations, 94 tobacco, 621 Jack fruit tree, 319 Janipha, starch in, 331 _Manihot_, 315 Jasmine oil, 570, 574 _Jatropha gossypyfolia_, 625 _cureas_, oil from, 523 Jellies, clearness of, 337 Jesuit's bark, 635 Joar, the Indian name of the _Sorghum vulgare_ or millet, 304, 306 Job's tears, 304 Johnson (Dr.) on manufacture of rose water, 570 (Mr.) on indigo culture, 466 (Prof.) analyses of grain crops, 264 (Prof.) on grain crops of New Brunswick, 253 Jones's process for making rice starch, 344 Jumowah, irrigated sowings, 468 Juniperus, oil of, 565 Kafir bread, 319 Kamas root, an edible, 376 Kanari kernels made into cakes, 547 oil, 546 Katjang oil, produce of the ground nut, 515, 299 Kawan, the Java tallow tree, 511 Kashmir, culture of rice in, 295 Kemmayes, an Arabian truffle, 381 Kew Gardens, tea plant grows in, 101 Kekune oil, 539 Kentucky tobacco, statistics of, 598, 600 Keora oil, 565 Khoonte, the Indian name for a second cutting, 471 Kiln-drying madder, 481 of bread stuffs, 221, 229 Kilogramme, a French weight, equal to 21bs.