Economic Products of India

Abstract

THE completion of this important work adds enormously to the facilities previously existing for acquiring a knowledge of the vegetable, mineral, and animal products of our Indian empire. The object of the dictionary is to give a complete account of all Indian products that have been in any way utilised by man, however small or trivial the use of them may have been. As a large majority of the products are of vegetable origin, the appointment of a botanist as editor and principal author was essential, and the Government of India may be fairly congratulated on the result.

A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.

By George Watt, assisted by numerous contributors. In six volumes (vol. vi. in four parts), 1889–1893. Published under the authority of the Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture. (Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing.)