The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom - Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on by P. L. Simmonds
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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. |
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