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however, which have been raised are doing well. The Quilaia is 
a native of Chili. It grows to the height of 60 feet, and its inner 
bark produces a epone eous substance. This ba rk, after it has 
been ground into a powder, is used largely by the a of the 
country in which it grows as a substitute for soap; and is said to 
be superior to the ordinary mercantile soap for many pal in 
the fuller’s trade. 
In ews ree Lawson gave the following further information on 
the subje 
= Quiltaja saponaria.—This plant thrives well in eg 
and it is fonnd that it can readily be propagated by means of 
ones so that os ia ida to be a tree of any value, it can be 
creased to any e 
Since 1884 the trees on the Nilgiris have evidently done well. 
The ‘tlasrcas note shows that the bark of Indian-grown trees 
contains fully as much Baponi as the bark imported into this 
country from South America : 
Mr. D. Hoorngr, F.C.S., F.1.C., Quinologist to the Government of 
Madras, to ROYAL GARDENS, KEw. 
The Laboratory, Ootacamund, 
June 19, 1894. 
DEAR a rs 
» * 
You wal be glad : know that the Quillaia Bark tree grows well 
here, and the bark of a ten-year-old tree contains as much saponin 
as the bark found in the London market. I do not know if the 
tree has been tried anywhere else in the East. 
Yours sincerely, 
(Signed) D. HoopEr. 
The present position of quillaia bark in commerce in this 
country may be gathered from the following i which have 
been obligingly communicated to this establishmen 
Messrs. BURGOYNE, BURBIDGES, AND COMPANY, to ROYAL 
GA 
RDENS, 
12 and 16 Coleman Street, 
on, E.C., 
July 16, 1894. 
DEAR SIR, 
WITH “pag he to your enauiy respecting quillaia bark, 
there is a good and increasing demand for this article ; prices a at 
this moment Ky lov, the present quotations ranging from #12 to 
212 10s. per ton n 
With compliments, 
I remain, 
Yours faithfully, 
H, ARNOLD. 
J.R. —— Baa A 
Royal ieee Kew. 
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