The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,257 pages of information about The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,257 pages of information about The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom.

  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

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