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 the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.

P. L. Simmonds

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom, by P. L. Simmonds This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: 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 the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. Author: P. L. Simmonds Release Date: February 27, 2005 [EBook #15191] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK VEGETABLE KINGDOM *** Produced by Olaf Voss, Stephen Schulze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM, C ONSIDERED IN THEIR VARIOUS U SES TO MAN AND TN THEIR R ELATION TO THE ARTS AND MANUFACTURES; FORMING A PRACTICAL TREATISE & H ANDBOOK OF R EFERENCE FOR THE C OLONIST, MANUFACTURER, MERCHANT, AND C ONSUMER, ON THE C ULTIVATION, PREPARATION FOR SHIPMENT, AND C OMMERCIAL VALUE, &C. OF THE V ARIOUS S UBSTANCES OBTAINED FROM TREES AND PLANTS, ENTERING INTO THE H USBANDRY OF TROPICAL AND SUB-TROPICAL R EGIONS, &C. BY P.L. SIMMONDS, HONORARY AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL SOCIETIES OF JAMAICA, BRITISH GUIANA, ANTIGUA, BARBADOS, KONIGSBERG, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, NATAL, THE NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY, THE NOVA SCOTIA CENTRAL BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, THE SOCIETIES FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE IN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW ORLEANS; ONE OF THE EDITORS OF "JOHNSON'S FARMER'S ENCYCLOPÆDIA;" MANY YEARS EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR OF THE "COLONIAL MAGAZINE," &c. &c. MDCCCLIV. [Pg v] LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. African Steam Ship Company, 3, Mincing Lane Archbell, J., Esq., Pietermaritzburg, Natal Assam Company, 30, Great Winchester-street Aubert, Honourable J.M.A., M.C., St. Lucia Botanical Society (the Royal), Regent's Park Burton, C.H., Esq., 133, Fenchurch-street Boddington, Messrs. & Co., 9, St. Helen's Place Bristol Chamber of Commerce, Bristol Brown, Messrs. & Co., 4, Pancras Lane Begg, Thomas, Esq., 3, Corbett Court, Gracechurch-street Bow, J.B. De., Editor of Commercial Review, New Orleans Breede, L. Von, Esq., Natal Breen, H.H., Esq., St. Lucia Barbados General Agricultural Society British Guiana Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society Browne, Hunter & Co., Messrs., Liverpool Bagshaw, John, Esq., M.P., Cliff House, Harwich Berry, Richard L., Esq., Chagford, Devonshire Blyth, Messrs., J. & A., Steam Engine House, Limehouse Blyth, Philip P., Esq., 23, Upper Wimpole Street Brown, Messrs. Robert & Co., 25, Lawrence Pountney Lane Carmichael, Sir James, Bart., Sussex Gardens Christopher, J.S., Esq., 26, Coleman-street Challis, Alderman, 32, Wilson Street, Finsbury Childs, R.W., Esq., 26, Coleman Street Cape of Good Hope Agricultural Society Campbell, C.T., Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope (3 copies) Central Board of Agriculture, Halifax, Nova Scotia (5 copies) Crum, H.E., Esq., (Messrs. J. Ewing & Co's.,) Glasgow Clegg, T., Esq., Manchester Carleton, Percival A., Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, Bahamas Davis, Messrs. T.E. & W.W., manufacturers, 159 and 160, Whitechapel Road Dinneford, Messrs. & Co, 172, New Bond-street Denoon, Messrs. D. & Co., 6, Adam's Court, Old Broad-st. Decasseres, Phineas, Esq., Falmouth, Jamaica Dod, Francis, Esq., Savanna le Mar, Jamaica Duke, Sir James, M.P., Portland Place Dunbar, Messrs. D., & Sons, 95, Fore-street, Limehouse Dennistoun, Messrs. J. & A., Glasgow Drysdale, Hon. J.V., Colonial Secretary, St. Lucia Drumm, Mr. W., Chemist, Barbados (12 copies) Ede, Francis, Esq., Great Winchester-street Ede, Limbrey, Esq., merchant, Winchester-street Edmonds, E., junr., Esq., Bilcomb Brook, Bradford, Wilts Evett, Thomas, Esq., Trelawney, Jamaica Forbes, Dr., F.R.S., Burlington-street Fielden, J. Leyland, Esq., Feniscowles, Blackburn Fox, Mr. C., Paternoster Row Foster, T.C., Esq., Natal Framgee, Neeswanjee & Co., Bombay Forman, Mr. R.B., 14, Mincing Lane [Pg vi] Franks & Co., Messrs., 36, Fenchurch-street Grey, The Right Honourable Earl Grassett, Elliot, Esq., 6, Chesham-street, Belgrave Square Gray, Messrs. B.C.T. & Co., Great St. Helen's Gray & Co., Messrs., Commercial Chambers, Mincing Lane Glasgow, Messrs. Alexander & Co., Glasgow Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures Harker, George, Esq., 102 and 103, Upper Thames-street Henry, J.G., Esq., Bicknollon House, Williton, Somerset Holloway, Thomas, Esq., 244, Strand Hanbury, Daniel, Esq, 2, Plough Court Howard, Messrs. James & Frederick, Bedford Haywood, James, Esq., Birmingham Henley, The Right Honourable J.W., M.P. Humphreys, E.R., L.L.D., Cheltenham School Haynes, Robert, Esq., Thimbleby Lodge, Northallerton Howson, Rev. J.S., M.A., Principal of Liverpool Collegiate School Howard, W.M., Esq., Barbados Hitchins, Richard, Esq., Kingston, Jamaica Hamilton, William, Esq., 29, St. Vincent Place, Glasgow Hodge, Honorable Langford L., Antigua Ifill, Benjamin, Esq., 86, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park Gardens Innes, J., Esq., Moorgate-street Isle of Thanet Agricultural Association, Ramsgate Jamaica Association, 1, New Square, Lincoln's Inn Jamaica Royal Agricultural Society Jennings, J.H., Esq., Stipendiary Magistrate, St. Lucia Jung & Burgtheel, Messrs., 2, Winchester Buildings Johnson, C.W., Esq., F.R.S., Croydon Keane, Charles C., Esq., Bermuda Keating, Thomas, Esq., St. Paul's Churchyard Keeling & Hunt, Messrs., Monument Yard Laird, J.M., Esq., African Steam Ship Co., Mincing Lane Laurie, W.C., Esq. 6, Great Winchester-street Lane, Crawford & Co., Messrs., Hong Kong (12 copies) Lee, D. McPhee, Esq., Bermuda Livesay, Drs., R.N., 35, Nelson Square Lloyd, B.S., Esq., Birchin Lane Liverpool, Library of Collegiate Institution Lawton, Isaac, Esq., Kingston, Jamaica (2 copies) Lyons, George, Esq., Falmouth, Jamaica (2 copies) Lawrence & Co., Messrs., Madras (3 copies) Losack, F.C., Esq., Trelawney, Jamaica Lord Mayor, The Right Honourable, Mansion House Molesworth, The Right Honourable Sir William, Bart., M.P., Eaton Square McCulloch, J.R., Esq., Her Majesty's Stationery Office Morewood, Edward Esq., Compensation, Natal Morewood, J.J., Esq., 1, Winchester Buildings Martin, R. Montgomery, Esq., 21, Victoria Road, Kensington McHenry, George, M.D., 12, Danzie Street, Liverpool Masterman, John, Esq., M.P., Nicholas Lane, City Mayers, J.P. Esq., Staplegrove, Barbados Mouat, Richard, Esq., R.N., H.M. Dockyard, Port Royal, Jamaica McHugh, R.G., Esq., St. Lucia Marryatt, Charles, Esq., Laurence Pountney Lane Mason, J.P. and Co., 18, Mincing Lane Mosely, Mr. E.N., Nassau, Bahamas. Michelli, Mr. F., Gould Square Nesbit, J.C. Esq., F.G.S., Scientific School, Kennington Lane Newdegate, C.N., Esq., M.P., Blackheath Natal Agricultural and Horticultural Society Newcastle, his Grace the Duke of, (2 copies) New York State Agricultural Society, Albany Noble, Messrs. G. & J.A., 11, George Yard, Lombard Street, Pakington, Right Hon. Sir John S., M.P. Poole, David, Esq., Analytical Chemist, 18, Jubilee Street, Mile End Road. Poole, Braithwaite, Esq., London and North Western Railway, Liverpool. Pitts and Gavin, Messrs., Kandy, Ceylon. Porteous, The Honorable James, Jamaica. Prescott, George W., Esq., 62, Threadneedle Street Rowland, Messrs. Alex. and Sons, 20, Hatton Garden (3 copies) [Pg vii] Ransomes and Sims, Messrs., Implement Makers, Ipswich (2 copies) Rolph, Thomas, Esq., M.D., Portsmouth. Richardson, Robert, Esq., 3, Jermyn Street, St. James's Richardson, Mr. J.M., Cornhill Rowe, Sir Joshua, Chief Justice of Jamaica Roberts, Charles, Esq., 38, Mincing Lane Russell, Graham, Esq., 63, Miller Street, Glasgow Rothschild, Baron, Lionel De, M.P., New Court, Swithin's Lane Sampson, M.B., Esq., City Editor of the Times, Lombard Street Saunders, Trelawney W., Esq., F.R.G.S., 6, Charing Cross Staunton, Sir George Thomas, Bart., M.P., F.B.S., Hants Strousberg, B.H., Esq., F.R.G.S., Editor of "The Merchant's Magazine." Straube, Dr., 36, Moorgate Street Stewart, Charles, Esq., 4, Adam's Court, Old Bond-street (2 copies) Schomburgk, Sir R.H., British Consul, St. Domingo Sewell, William, Esq., St. James's, Jamaica Stephenson, R. Macdonald, Esq., East India Railway, Calcutta Simmonds, Richard, Esq., R.N., Admiralty, Somerset House Simmonds, J.G., Esq., R.N., H.M.S. Crane, West Coast of Africa Simeon, Hardy and Sons, Messrs., Cork Samuelson, B., Esq., Britannia Iron Works, Banbury Stanford, Mr., 6, Charing Cross Trade, The Honorable the Board of Tennent, Sir J. Emerson, M.P. Travers, Messrs., and Co., 19, St. Swithin's Lane Thibou, James B., Esq., Antigua Tollemache, Honorable F., Hillmagham Hall, Ipswich Thornton, Edward, Esq., Statistical Department, East India House Weeding, Thomas, Esq., 6, Great Winchester Street (2 copies) Weguelin, T.M., Esq., 7, Austin Friars Wyld, James, Esq, Great Globe, Leicester Square Westgarth, Ross and Co., Messrs., Melbourne, Port Philip Wortley, S.S., Esq., Cumberland Pen, Spanish Town, Jamaica Wray, Leonard, Esq., Natal Wells, Charles, Esq., Grenada Woodifield, R.D., Esq., Custom House Woods, R.C., Esq., Straits Times, Singapore (20 copies) Wilson, Mr. Effingham, Royal Exchange Buildings (2 copies) Yeatman, Rev. H.F., L.L.B., Stockhouse, near Sherborne Young, Bryan, T., Esq., Barbados [Pg viii] [Pg ix] WORKS CONSULTED. SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE, 15 vols. PORTER'S TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. PAXTON'S BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. LAWSON'S MERCHANT'S MAGAZINE, 2 vols. PROFESSOR ROYLE, on the Productive Resources of India. CRAWFORD'S HISTORY OF THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO, 3 vols. LOGAN'S JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO, 3 vols. REP