PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

COFFEE. SECTION I. BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION.

CHICORY SECTION I. INTRODUCTION INTO ENGLAND. CONTINENTAL PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION.

COFFEE AND CHICORY:

THEIR

CULTURE, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, PREPARATION
FOR MARKET, AND CONSUMPTION,

WITH

SIMPLE TESTS FOR DETECTING ADULTERATION,

AND

PRACTICAL HINTS FOR THE PRODUCER
AND CONSUMER.

BY
P. L. SIMMONDS,

AUTHOR OF “THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM,”
“A DICTIONARY OF TRADE PRODUCTS,” &c.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.



LONDON:
E. & F. N. SPON, 16, BUCKLERSBURY.
1864.