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Aqua Bototi. — S. S. F., New York.— 

 By the title just given there was evident- 

 ly meant the well-known dentifrice, eau 

 de Botot, for which a number of recipes 

 may be found. Two of these given be- 

 low, we take from Fenner's Formulary. 



I 



Anise i ounce 



Ceylon Cinnamon 2^'4 ounces 



Clove 75 grains 



Cochineal }4 ounce 



Oil of Peppermint .... ^ ounce 

 Alcohol, enough to make 20 ounces 



Reduce the solids to powder and per- 

 colate with alcohol until 19^/2 ounces of 

 percolate are obtained. In this dissolve 



the oil. 



II 



Oil of Anise J^ ounce 



Oil of Cinnamon i drachm 



Oil of Peppermint 5^ ounce 



Oil of Clove 10 minims 



Cochineal y^ ounce 



Alcohol enough to make 20 ounces 



Dissolve the oil in 19 ounces of alco- 

 hol ; macerate the cochineal in the fluid 

 until sufficient color is produced ; filter 

 and add through the paper enough alco- 

 hol to make the filtrate measure 20 

 ounces. 



A Question of Investment. — L. L. 

 C, New York, desires our opinion upon 

 the investment of money in a project to 

 make cellulose for nitrating from cotton 

 stalks. The only opinion on such propo- 

 sition that would be of value would have 

 to be deduced from a careful personal 

 investigation of the process, which would 

 mean the outlay of time on the part of 

 the investigator and of money on the 

 part of the querist. Speaking only from 

 the standpoint of generalities it might 



be said that the utilization of plant 

 stalks for paper pulp has been worked on 

 for many years. Thus we recall one 

 corporation which sunk many thousands 

 of dollars on a project to make paper 

 from bagasse (the fibrous residue from 

 sugar cane). It is easy enough to make 

 paper from such fibers, but the question 

 is whether one can make money out of it 

 too. 



Of course, in the present scarcity of 

 cellulose for nitrating, the proposition 

 offered may be one with great possibil- 

 ities of profit; but the particular case 

 to which our querist refers must be ulti- 

 mately decided by the investor ; and we, 

 on our part, must decline to give snap 

 judgment. 



The Composition of Proprietary 

 Preparations. — A number of queries to 

 the composition of proprietary remedies 

 have been answered by telephone during 

 the past month, by reporting analyses 

 published by chemists in various bureaus 

 devoted to such work. For various rea- 

 sons, at this time we will not print the 

 answers to such queries, but will refer 

 our readers to the two publications of 

 the American Medical Association, 'The 

 Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary 

 Medicines" and "Nostrums and Quack- 

 ery" as well as to the Bulletins of the 

 food and drug departments of the States 

 of Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana and North 

 Dakota, all of which we have in the 

 library. 



Names of Manufacturers. — We glad- 

 ly furnish our querists with information 

 concerning the manufacturers of goods 

 handled by the drug trade, but for 

 obvious reasons, such answers are not 

 published in this department. 



