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Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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ut, and decantingit, moderate-sized roots i foot in length and r inch indiameter are mostly used. The starch is of a fine colour,and has a most agreeable flavour ; mixed witli warmwater i^produces a fine transparent paste. The methodof preparing the two other kinds of starch from the rootsof the Dogs-tooth Violet and the Fern—the former ofwhich merits special mention for its qualities—does notpresent any peculiarity. Both form articles of food, butthe Fern starch is also used in various industries, as itproduces a very strong paste, called shibu, on beingcarefully mixed with the sap of unripe Persimmons. Thefibres of the Fern root, after the starch has been washedout, are made into ropes, which are used in the mudwalls of the buildings, so as to afford a better hold forthe loam. It may be added that the manufacture ofstarch-sugar has long been known in Japan. Millet andRice are used for this purpose, and after being steamedthey are mixed with a certain quantity of malt or ferment,
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Fig. 22.—conservatory in queen anne style. AgrknUitre is certainly an improvement as awork on The Contmenial Products of (he Vege-table Kingdom^ though the title does not commenditself to us so favourably as that of the older book.The plan is in most respects similar. Thus, underplants yielding seeds, leave?, and other substancesemployed in domestic use for the preparation ofdietetic beverages, &c., are included cocoa, coffee,tea, and sugar, the latter from all sources, namely,cane. Beetroot, Maple, Ialm, &c. Under the head ofUseful Palms and their Economic Products isbrought together much information on the varied pro-ducts of a most important natural order. Section 3is devoted to Tropical Cereals and Starch-producingPlants. The importance of the cultivation in Queens-land of Maranla arundinicea, Canni edulis, andManihot ulilissiraa is pointed out from the fact thatthe plants appear peculiarly suited for growth inthe colony, and are gradually supplantingthe imported West In

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