Vegetable substances: materials of manufactures / [Published under the superintendence of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge]. [Anon].

  • Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Date:
1833
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Vegetable substances: materials of manufactures / [Published under the superintendence of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge]. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Frankincense Trees—Juniperus lycia. among the sovereigns of many oriental countries even to the present time. Olibanum was another gum-resin, so similar to frankincense in its appearance and all its properties that they are generally confounded together; it is, however, the product of another species of juniper (Juniperus lycia). They are both classed as oliba-^ num in commerce, and are brought from Turkey and the East Indies, but in the present time little or none finds its way into England. The price quoted is