Shipments from Jamaica.
Comparison between the imports
from the East and from
the West.
Total annual imports and consumption.
Galangale root.
Cardamoms; plants from which derived.
Grains of Paradise.
Meleguetta, or Guinea pepper.
Pepper: description of
the vine; range of the plant.
Production of the World.
The culture declining in Java.
Extent of the production in Singapore.
Exports from Ceylon.
Its introduction into the Mauritius.
Shipments from Singapore.
Imports and consumption of the United Kingdom.
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.