1 4QS GARDEN 6TUFF& SUGAB CANE. PLANT&
2 lyi^'j I hat in vtry unequal ipiantities and qualities: it is.iiiMt
3 abundant in Swaut, and Ijert.about Pediawer. It is almost the aalfy
4 itoA,Q£. the people of Cashmeer. Wild o«U are iaaad. at Peshawer^
5 wno'wliare ctdtivated.
6 The garden fllu£& of the country are curatay tnniqpSi beet root,
7 lettuce, oniooif gvlicy ftnnel» 9gg plant, apinage^ .and greens of all
8 lands, cabbages, and cauliflowers : there are also many of the Indian
9 v^etables. Turnips are cultivated in great abundance in some parta
10 o£ the country, and are used to feed the cattle. It is not improbable,
11 that the same observation mny be true of carrots : In the Punjaub, at
12 least, horses are often fed \\ itii this vegetable, which is very whole-!
13 some tor them. Giii<^er ami turmeric arc grown m the eastern coun-^
14 tries, particularly in Bunnt)o. The same may be said of sugar cane,
15 but the cultivation of it is c otifined to rich plains. Most of the sugar
16 in Aighaunislaun is brouglit trom India.
17 , Cotton is, with a few exceptions, confined to tlie hot climates, and
18 moat of the cloth of that material used in the West, is imported ready
19 nooven from India.
20 .The Paiina Chnsti, or castor tii! jilaiil, is roinnion over the whole
21 country, under the name of liuduujeer. I iinaginc it iurnishes most
22 of the oil of the country, though sesanium, mustard, and perhaps some
23 other oil plants, are.yery abundant Madder abounds over all the
24 Wait.. It ia onlj faand in cold climates, and most of India: ia aup?
25 plied from Afghaiuufltmn* , It k aown in annimer, on land ^wMch hat
26 bevi carefiilly prepaied and manuved. Its Icaifwaie cot mnally
27 fer die cattle; but. the loot, (whidi fonuahea the dye), knot tafca.
28 up till the third.year. .
29 - The aaaa teida pbat ia immd wUd in. Hie hiJla ip mmj parta ti
30 the West. • It, leqaiiea no attention, fautthet whicli ia neceataiylbf
31 estiaeting-tfae gmn. h la .a loir boafa, with long lesfea, .winch are
32 fenenUy eat off near the bottom of the atenn : A niULJ^nidn fiom
33 lihe part entj and gfaduattjr hmdena like opifem. Itia iipoi]ed.fa7flB>
34 pbiiin to Hw aun.. .lhe,A%hanna, therafine^ take can tQ;die]ter.|t» .
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