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Of Sugars a few samples were selected from the exhibit of Messrs. 
Carew and Co. 
Among the Fruits that of the Apricot (Prunus armenian) deserves 
special mention, as there seems no reason why it should not, in a dried 
state, become an article of export to this ENR In the ‘No rth of 
India it is generally cultivated, and is naturalised in Afghanistan, 
Kashmir, and Chumba, in which countries the wg is largely eaten by 
classes, either when fresh or dried. From the kernels an oil is 
expressed which is used for burning in baat for culinary purposes, 
and for the hair. In Damascus the stones are remove 
fruits and the pulp cies out into thin sheets, in which form it is sold 
as food in the bazaa 
Another aime article of food of the ee tribes is afforded 
in the fleshy flowers or corollas of the Mahwa or Mahua Tree (Bassia 
latifolia), a large deciduous tree common in the forests of Central India, 
and cultivated and self-sown throughout India generally. It is described 
as e ne 2 useful tree of the regions where it occurs. Mahwa 
flowers are also used as food for cattle, “and are considered to be very 
fatteni ning, for whioh pur aes se they are now exported to Europe. A good 
spirit is also distilled from them, and ees! also afford sugar. 
rge collection of dyes, , &e., specimens of the under- 
mikino were among the more inpor selected :— 
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius).—An herbaceous En with large 
yellow . flower-heads, cultivated as a dye crop all over India. Th 
flowers afford both a red and a yellow dye. At one oe the cultivation 
of safflower in Bengal was one of the most important industries, but 
the ee yee of aniline dyes has almost entirely Seon the trade 
The seed, as Kurdee, is an important oil seed of In 
engal Kino Tree (Butea frondosa).—A deciduous tree well known 
Laie the leaves in the hot season. The dried flowers known as‘ ‘ pulas ” 
“ tesu,” give a yellow dye which is extracted by simply boiling in 
wate The gum from this tree is sold under the name of Bengal Kino, 
and has the same properties as that obtained from Pterocarpus Marsu- 
pium; it is said to be used to purify indigo. The tree possesses 
valuable medicinal properties. 
Catechu, Cutch, or Kath (Acacia Catechu). A common tree in most 
parts of India and Burm ma, attaining a height of from 30 to 40 feet. It 
i ilar to Gam 
as an astringent in medicine. The value of the catechu apo 
from India during 1884-85 and the preceding four years was as fol- 
lows :—1880-81, Rs. 42,66,415; 1881-82, Rs. 25 "20. 1882-83, 
Rs. 
nature; it is of a paler colour than urma cutch, and is baked into ae 
cubes resembling Gambir. Instead of being ‘oiled down to a thick 
trated decoction and the Kath allowed to crystallize. The substance 
