m.

CHILLIES AND CAYENNE PEPPER: varieties of Capsicum.

PIMENTO: description of the tree; production of the
spice limited to Jamaica.

Imports and consumption.

VANILLA: description of the plant.

Its collection and preparation for the market.

Commercial varieties.

Tonquin beans.

TURMERIC: sources of supply.

Commercial uses.

Value of the Curry stuffs of the East.

Imports and consumption.

GINSENG: description of--demand for in China, exports
from America, and commercial value.

Canary, Coriander, mustard and anise seeds.

PUTCHUX, or COSTUS.

LIGNUM ALOES, and fragrant woods.

SECTION IV.--DYES AND COLORING STUFFS AND TANNING SUBSTANCES

Importance and value of these substances to our
manufacturing interests.

New specimens and materials recently produced.

Miscellaneous notices of useful plants.

Lana Dye.

Prices of Dyewoods.

Red SANDERS WOOD.

FUSTIC.

SAPPAN WOOD, Camwood and Barwood.

Imports of Dyewoods.

ARNATTO.

Commercial kinds.

Cultivation and manufacture.

Imports, consumption and prices.

CHAY-ROOT.

Wood Dyes.

Mangrove Bark.

SUMACH.

Statistics of imports and prices.

SAFFLOWER.

Gamboge.

Common native dyes.

INDIGO; plants which produce it.

Commercial sources of supply.

Cultivation in Central America, in Jamaica and the West
Indies; once an important crop in the United States.

The indigo plant a common weed in many parts of Africa.

Cultivation in India.

Classification of the dye-stuff.

Localities best suited to its production.

Process of Manufacture.

Annual production in the East Indies; adaptation of
Ceylon.

Extent of the culture in Java; annual exports
therefrom; imports and consumption.

MADDER: extent of the demand for. Enormous profit of
the cultivation; system of harvesting and manufacture.

Large supplies received from France.

MUNJEET, or Indian madder, deserving of more
consideration.

LOGWOOD, FUSTIC, Quercitron.

Brazil Wood.

LICHENS FOR DYEING.

Henna.

ORCHILLA WEED.

Chemical examination of the coloring principles of the
Lichens.

BARKS FOR TANNING: cursory notice of a variety of
suitable barks.

Proportions of tannin yielded by different barks.

CATECHU: defin