Official guide to the Kew museums. A handbook to the museums of economic botany of the Royal gardens, Kew, Volume 91861 - 82 pages |
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abounding acid ACOTYLEDONS Africa allied species ARGAN OIL aromatic Asia Minor BALSAM bark baskets beautiful berries bitter botanical Brazil Britain cabinet Caoutchouc Cape Central America Ceylon characterized chiefly tropical China collected colour common cones contains cordage cultivated cwts dried East Indian East Indian islands employed entered for home essential oil exhibited exudes feet fibre Flax fragrant fruit furnish gardens globe gourd growing grown herbs imported in 1860 India Indian islands Indian tree Jamaica kernel leaves lime manufacture matting medicine Mediterranean milky juice Museum narcotic native North numerous Nutmeg NUTS Observe obtained Order ornament PALM PINE plants poisonous prepared principally pulp remarkable resin rhizome root sections seeds shrubs Simaba Cedron South America South Europe species afford Spindle-tree stamens starch stem Storax structure timber tinctoria trees or shrubs tribe tropical countries tubers United Kingdom valuable varieties various species West Indies Willd wood woody yield