Food-Grains of India (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Food-Grains of IndiaSpecimens of most of the grains and seeds described in this Handbook may be seen in the Museums of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and in the Bethnal Green Branch of the South Kensington Museum. The collection at Bethnal Green is particularly rich in specimens illustrating many out of the hundreds of varieties of Indian rice, the examples there presented of Indian wheat and Indian pulse are also numerous.Should a second edition of this brief and incomplete Handbook be called for, I trust that I shall be able to fill in many of its gaps and to make it more exact. The Indian and Colonial Exhibition at South Kensington will doubtless furnish me with ample materials for extension and improve ment. I venture to express a hope that I Shall not be held responsible for the rendering of the Indian names introduced into my pages, for I have no first-hand knowledge of the subject, and, having been obliged to gather the names of places and products from a great variety of sources, neither accuracy nor uniformity of transliteration has been secured.The chief works consulted in the preparation of this Handbook are recorded in the appended Bibliographical Notes, other books therein named will be found useful by persons desirous of further information concerning Indian Plants and Food Crops. But, after all, it is to the indefatigable labours of Dr. Forbes Watson that I am chie¿y indebted, and it is to him that any merits to be found in this volume must be, for the most part, attributed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.