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 various wheats, 222
    on the American breadstuffs, 226

  Beet root sugar produced on the Continent, 144
    cost of producing, 189, 204

  Beet, varieties of the root, 191

  Belgians, large consumers of coffee, 40

  Belgium, production of beet root sugar in, 200

  Benares, production of indigo in, 475

  Ben, oil of, 523

  Bencoolen, pepper grown in, 423
    spice culture in, 412