4 
Since the receipt of the foregoing some extracts from the reports of 
American Consuls in various districts in South America on the subject 
of Annatto have appeared in the Pharmaceutical Journal for July 16th, 
1887, p: 51. In Para, Consul Clayton states that it is the practice to 
allow the fruits to remain on the tree m wanted for use, the capsule 
does not readily burst, and the seeds remain for a long time in goot 
condition. ‘ With the most careless eaters two full crops can be 
* eae every yea 
‘ The pigment is PRST used by the Indians in dyeing the 
“ threads of "hammocks, and by the wild Indians for pamini their bodies, 
“ In Para it is sometimes used to give colour 2 cooked rice, b tI have 
“ The quantity of Annatto saiad to the United States from this 
* consular district during ei last two years amounted to 27,435 lbs. 
“ and valued at 6,816 dollar 
rom Barranquilla Corset Vifquain reports that “the natives use 
& the Annatto for colouring purposes. They are very fond of colouring 
© para for the table here. It adds nothing, however, to its quality. 
* dians use it as a defensive armour against the frisky and still 
“ more pugnacious mosquito. They crush the seeds and anoint their 
* naked limbs with the stuff.” 
In Porto Rico Consul Conroy says that “ the country working eat ob 
are fond of having planted near their little homesteads two or thi 
“ shrubs for the sake of the fruit, which they use as a condiment in 
“colouring and seasoning their messes of rice and other food in place 
“ of saffron or red pe pper 

XVIII.—NOTES on Articles contributed to the Museur:3 
of the Royal Gardens, Kew, from the Colonial and 
Indian Exhibition, 1886. 
In no previous exhibition held in poate rt even including the 
first Great Exhibition of 1851, were the table products of the 
British Colonies and India so fully represented as hey were at the 
Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886. In the London Exhibition of 
2, and in the Paris Exhibitions of 1867 and 1878, the timber 
resources of the countries represented were very fully shown. The 
collection of Paar and foreign timbers now contained in Museum 
No. 3 of the Ro G: dens, most of which were procured T om the 
hese specim imens are uniqu ue both in size and figu ring when poli itica: 
tured, were the most prominent. This was particularly the case in the 
collection of faite. ‘Shen the different Col d 
West Indian Islands nt Colonies, an ee from the 
