116 TRAGACANTH. 



1855. 



TRAGACANTH AND ITS ADULTEEATIONS. 



(Note on a Paper ly Mr. Sidney H. Maltass.) 



THE author having had the kindness to forward a series of 

 samples illustrative of the above notice, it may not be unin- 

 teresting here to enumerate them : 



Superior Qualities. 



illustrative 1. White picked Yalavatz gum tragacanth. 

 2 ' Caissar gum tragacanth. 



3. French assorted leaf sample of seven cases. 



4. Broken leaf picked by women, mixed with fine leaf. 



5. Broken leaf of Caissar gum, mixed with fine leaf. 



6. Vermicelli as picked out before mixing with Sesame. 



7. Vermicelli sample of one case. 



8. Very small leaf, termed Sesame, mixed with Vermicelli. 



Inferior Qualities. 



9. Common leaf mixed with English assortment. 



10. English assorted leaf sample of four cases. 



11. Common or sorts sample of two cases. 



12. Small refuse, thrown out almost worthless. 



13. Large refuse gum almost worthless. 



Gums used for the Adulteration of Tragacanth. 



14. Moussul gum. 



15. Caramania gum, first quality, worth 2 Ws. per cwt., to 

 be mixed when broken up and whitened, with fine leaf and 

 Vermicelli. 



16. Caramania gum, second quality, worth t 10s. per cwt. to 

 be mixed when broken up and whitened, with sorts gum. 



17. Caramania gum, broken into fragments, and whitened 

 with white lead, for mixture with English assorted leaf, in the 

 proportion of 50 per cent. 



18. Caramania gum in smaller fragments, whitened with white 

 lead for mixture with Vermicelli, in the proportion of 50 per 

 cent. 



