B. Balsam, Friar's, or Turlington's, from what made, 130 Bamboo canes, description and uses of, 100, 101 Banana, description and uses of, 269 Barberry, fruit, bark, and roots, uses of, 100 Barilla, description of, and how prepared for use, 73 Barley, cultivation and uses of, 27 ----, pearl, how made, and uses of, 28 ----, sugar, how made, 22 Bay, common sweet, description and uses of, 119, 120 Bay plum. See Guava. Beans, culture and uses of, 184 Beech-tree, wood, fruit, and leaves, uses of, 220 Beet, description and uses of, 71, 72 Benjamin, gum. See Benzoin. Bent-grass, 32 Benzoin, description of, how prepared, and uses of, 129, 131 Bergamot, how prepared, 195 Betel, what it is, and use of, 15 Betel-nut. See Areca. Bilberries, uses of, 113 Birch-tree, wood, bark, twigs, leaves, and sap, uses of, 210 Bird-lime, how made, uses and properties of, 41 Blackberries, uses of, 152 Bleaberries. See Bilberries. Blend-corn, 28 Boabab. See Sour gourd. Bore cole, 176 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 Brocoli, 176 Broom, common, twigs, seeds, bark, &c., uses of, 181 ----, Spanish, description and uses of, 181 Buck-bean, or bog-bean, description and uses of, 43 Buck-thorn, syrup, and bark, uses of, 56 Buck-wheat, description, cultivation, and uses of, 114 Bullace plums, description and uses of, 144 ---- cheese, from what prepared, 144 Bull-rush, uses of, 31 Burgundy wine, 64 Burgundy pitch, of what made, and uses of, 236