. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. 26i HISTORY OF THE VERETABLE KINGDOM. !t is easily raised, is very productive, aud re- sembles the potatoe in its qualities, only is of a closer texture. When dug out of the earth the roots are put for some time to dry in an airy place, and may afterwards be kept in casks or in sand for a long time. They are used either roasted or boiled, a
. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. 26i HISTORY OF THE VERETABLE KINGDOM. !t is easily raised, is very productive, aud re- sembles the potatoe in its qualities, only is of a closer texture. When dug out of the earth the roots are put for some time to dry in an airy place, and may afterwards be kept in casks or in sand for a long time. They are used either roasted or boiled, and form a substitute for bread. Yams are raised from the cuttings of the roots, which are planted generally in August, and come to maturity in four or five months. Brown, in his account of the culture of this plant, mentions, that in dividing the roots for seed plants a por- tion of skin must be left on each piece, other- wise no germination will take place, for he says, that by this skin alone they germinate, the roots having no apparent buds or eyes, but they cast out their weakly stems from every part of the surface alike. Indian Arrow Root (jiaranla arundinacca).. Arrow Root Plant. This is an herbaceous perennial plant, of the class monandria, and order monogynia of Linnaeus, and a native of the south of Africa. It grows to the height of two or three feet, has broad pointed leaves, and bears a spike of small white flowers. It is cultivated to some extent in the islands of the West Indies, and in parts of India, for the purpose of obtaining a farinaceous powder from its roots, well known as the substance called an-ow root. This latter name it obtained from confounding it with another plant from which the Indians extract a poison with which they anoint their arrows. There are two species, the maranta arundinacea and ramosissima, which yield the arrow root. The process is as follows: When the roots are a year old they are dug up, and carefully washed in clean water. They are t
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