Sorgho and imphee, the Chinese and African sugar canes : a treatise upon their origin, varieties, and culture, their value as a forage crop, and the manufacture of sugar, syrup, alcohol, wines, beer, cider, vinegar, starch, and dye-stuffs with a paper by Leonard Wray, Esq., of Caffraria, and a description of his patented process for crystallizing the juice of the imphee to which are added, copious translations of valuable French pamphlets / by Henry S. Olcott.
- Olcott, Henry Steel, 1832-1907.
- Date:
- 1857
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New York : A.O. Moore, 1857.
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350, 10 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Spine title: Sorgho and imphee, the new sugar canes
Part 2 (p. [191]-228) has special t.p.: The Zulu-Kaffir imphee, or, "sweet reed" (the Holcus Saccharatus of Linnaeus) : comprising a description of its numerous varieties, its mode of cultivation, and the manufacture of sugar and other products from its rich saccharine juice / by Leonard Wray
Pages 1-10 at end consist of advertising.
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