Bottle gourd, description and uses of, [209]

Box-tree, value and uses of, [215]

Brake, description and uses of, [268]

Bran, uses of, [26]

Brandy, whence obtained, and how made, [69]

——, distilled from potatoes and carrots, [55], [75]

Brank. See Buck wheat.

Bread, prepared from turnips, arum roots, acorns, cassava, and sago, [175], [219], [224], [239], [256]

Bread-fruit, description and uses of, [203], [204]

——, tree, bark, juice, and flowers, uses of, [204], [205]