Project Gutenberg 2005-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 140 Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund) 1814 1897 Simmonds, Peter Lund 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. Reading ease score: 64.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Olaf Voss, Stephen Schulze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom" by P.L. Simmonds is a practical treatise and handbook of reference written in the mid-19th century. The work focuses on the cultivation, preparation, and commercial value of various vegetable products, particularly those from tropical and sub-tropical regions, serving as a resource for colonists, manufacturers, merchants, and consumers. It aims to address the needs of those engaged in agricultural and commercial enterprises, emphasizing the importance of lesser-known crops and their potential economic benefits. The opening of the book lays out Simmonds' motivations for compiling this comprehensive guide, highlighting the need for reliable information on the cultivation and manufacture of key agricultural products that were increasingly in demand. The author discusses the challenges faced by colonists and planters, presenting the necessity for education on the profitable agriculture of tropical products like cacao, coffee, tea, and sugar. His preface sets the stage for an exploration of various agricultural staples, structured by section and encouraging a deeper understanding of the market dynamics while drawing on both personal experience and extensive research into the economic botany of these commodities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Botany, Economic SB Text Browsing: Environmental Issues Browsing: Science - General 2856843 2856852 2024-10-07T04:24:12.457120 2023-09-07T06:21:11.062135 text/html text/html 2737200 2020-12-14T05:00:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 903285 2020-12-14T05:00:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1037682 2024-10-07T04:25:16.166749 application/epub+zip 1070062 2024-10-07T04:24:30.753018 application/epub+zip 1031226 2024-10-07T04:24:21.704145 application/epub+zip 1832761 2024-10-07T04:25:39.786121 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1676315 2024-10-07T04:25:02.340900 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1524072 2022-09-07T20:24:52.545493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2344263 2344187 2024-10-07T04:24:03.483123 2023-09-07T06:21:02.702105 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 2343692 2020-12-14T05:00:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 846641 2020-12-14T05:00:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2344347 2020-12-14T05:00:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 846470 2020-12-14T05:00:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21463 2024-10-07T04:25:40.269349 application/rdf+xml 15874 2024-10-07T04:24:22.988050 image/jpeg 3489 2024-10-07T04:24:22.342062 image/jpeg 989280 2024-10-07T04:24:12.654153 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog