86 ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 
very like, is found in Mysore. Twoor three species are found ip a ee ee 
ests, and affording to the inhabitants Incense, Dammer, and es Sai A gee rie 
tions of Dr. Maxwell and Captain McPherson, ( Madras Journa ~ . es Le ue sete 
whom we are indebted for this information, does not enab'e me to de , 
hardens or remains fluid on exposure to the air. That drawn from the Shoreas or Vaticas and 
: ; ' i lop- 
and nearly colorless. It is procured by the very simple process of cutting a notch in the tree, s 
ing inwards and downwards. This is soon filled with the juice, which in a short time ce by 
exposure to the air. When used as a varnish the usual practice is to apply the balsam before i 
cover closely, and a 
nd appl : | | = 
two parts of linseed oll, yup boiling hot, and mix well with a wooden spathula. Should the 
varnish prove too thick it can at any time be reduced by the addition of more oil, or if requir- 
ed may be made thicker in the first instance. ? . 
It is essential to the success of the process that the Pi 
a very slow fire, and the whole of it reduced to a fluid bef 
fo ensure an equal mixture, be nearly boiling hot. ‘1 hi 
fine furniture requiring to have their paint well protected, or to which it is desirable to impart 
a fine gloss. 
A spirit varnish is prepared b de: 
Camphor, and then adding hot ‘alechol sufficient to diss 
not dissolve Piney without the aid of the Camphor, b 
t b : 
phor, which otherwise will produce by its 
surface of the picture, and spoil its ap- 
_ In addition to these more common applications of Piney, it is, on the Malabar coast, made 
into candles, These diffuse, in burning, an agreeable fragrance, give a fine clear light, with 
