What is an Aborescent plant? One which is tree- 

 like in appearance. 



What is a Tuber? A thickened portion of a root- 

 stock. 



What is a corm ? A very short and thick root stock. 



Why is lime used as an antidote for poisoning by 

 Oxalic Acid? It forms an insoluble Oxalate of Cal- 

 cium. 



What is produced if Hydrogen is burned in Oxy- 

 gen? Hydrogen Mon-oxide, or water. 



What is a Pome? A pome is a fleshy fruit like a 

 berry, but the principal thickness is calyx, only the 

 papery pods arranged like a star in the core really 

 belongs to the pistil itself. 



How does the arom. sulph. acid of 1870 differ 

 from that of 1880? The percolation of Ginger and 

 Cinnamon is replaced by the use of Oil of Cinnamon 

 and Tincture of Ginger. 



What is meant by Colation? Straining. 



From what is the word derived? From Colare, 

 to strain. 



From what is Lanoline prepared? The oily ex- 

 cretion obtained from the wool of the sheep. 



What poisons .would cause dilation, and what 

 contraction, of the pulpil of the eye? Dilation, 

 Belladonna, Stramonium; Contraction, Opium, Cal- 

 abar Bean. 



From what are Antipyrin and Antifebrin pre- 

 pared? They are both prepared from Phenol Com- 

 pounds. 



What is the difference between washed Sulphur, 

 Precipitated Sulphur, and Sublimed Sulphur? 



Washed Sulphur is Sublimed Sulphur with the 

 impurities removed by washing it with water and 

 Water of Ammonia. 



Precipitated Sulphur is Sublimed Sulphur made 



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