Colonial Plant Products: Agricultural Guide

Description

CAPUS Guillaume, directed by HARDY Georges. Les Produits coloniaux d'origine végétale. Librairie Larose, Paris 1930. Illustrated with 173 figures, paperback (worn cover), 499 pp., small loss at bottom of title page. Collection: Les manuels coloniaux. The author is former director of the general agricultural service in Indochina. Comprehensive manual covering colonial agriculture: food plants, starches, vegetables, fruits, spices, condiments, aromatics, oil-bearing plants, sugar plants, forage plants, timber, textiles, dye plants, tanning plants, rubber, gutta-percha, gums, resins, waxes, vegetable ivory, essential oils, perfumes, narcotic plants, and medicinal plants.