analysis of, 348
culture and commerce of, 345
made from the Palmyra shoots, 376
starch of, 331, 334-35, 337

Arsenic for steeping grain, poisonous effects from, 233

_Artocarpus incisa_, 318, 330

_Arum colocasia_, 364
_esculentum_, 364
_Rumphii_, 365

Asafoetida, 633

_Asclepias curassavica_, 625
_gigantea_, 494
_tingens_, 442

Assamee, an Indian name for the ryot or cultivator, 467

Assam, introduction of tea culture, 94
tea sales, 98
Company, origin of, 98
manufacture of tea in, 126

Assaroo, rain sowing, 468

_Astoria theiformis_, used as tea at Santa Fe, 80

Attap leaf for thatching, 405, 559

Attar of roses, 570

Aucklandia, 438

_Auracaria Bidwillii_, 377

Australia, consumption of tea in, 87, 88
sugar cultivation recommended, 139

Austria production of beet-root sugar in, 197, 200

_Avicenna tomentosa_, 444

Avocado seed yields a dye stuff, 444

Awl tree, 443

Babool wood, 493

Bahu, a land measure in Java, equal to 71 acres.

Bajree, the Indian name for _Holcus Spicatus_, 306

Bales of Cuba tobacco, size of, 613

Balfour (Prof.) on the starch in potatoes, 330
on species of rhubarb, 647

Ball's account of the cultivation, &c., of tea, 103

Banana, starch in, 331
used as a shade for the cacao, 15

_Baptista tinctoria_, 453

Barbacue, a platform for coffee drying, 69

_Baphia nitida_, 447

Barbados arrowroot, 337, 353
culture of aloes in, 630
cost of cultivating sugar, 189
ginger, 415
sugar crops of, 149
yam, 334, 335, 337, 338, 362

Barcelona, exports of cacao from, 13

Bark of the larch, its utility, 376

Barks for tanning, 492

Barley, history and consumption of, 255
imported, 218
meal imported, 218
produce of in England and Wales, 248, 256
average prices of, 256

Barrel of rice weighs 600 lbs. net, 291

Barus camphor, 634

Barwood, 445, 447

Basket of rice, a measure equal to 551/2 lbs., English,

_Bassia butyracea_, 136, 512
_longifolia_, 511
oil seeds of, 537

_Batatas edulis_, 330, 331, 357

_Bauhinia variegata_, 492

Bayley (Mr.), on consumption of tea in the manufacturing districts

Bay rush or tapioca, 376

Beans, analysis of, 264
and peas, quantities imported, 313
imported, 218

Bearing time of different plants, 9

Beck (Prof.) on v