ais LER iiy vireen those mentioned above will 
pro 
m mperature does not fall 5 ei: 
unfavourable to the development of alkaloids i in is leaves. 
made repeated analyses of shade-gro 
the result that the latter were invariably found much richer in 
a nts appe g ly raised 
8 or 10 inches high they are put out in their ane 
e 
; plant. ‘The crop is a leaf crop similar to tea, and there 
appear to be nothing special in the requirements of the plant, w rae 
fons ha 
ge 
u plants begin to yield the first crop of leaves in thre 
after siehe! im but in poor soils the plants are often left until 
y he full- 
ear. T -grown shrub yields a harvest every 13 or 14 notis bu 
as the ccs of the leaves, which is proved a o ir breaking when 
taken in the hand and bent, depends very much he soil and si 
good erops are gathered in the o yolk 
. In tea the very young leaves only are gathered. 
contrary, the largest and most mature 
f the alkaloids 
ing - Warden, should not be much higher than 150° Fahr. 
|. Now that Coca i is bos sto wrAberr res Hy in other countries 
Ri. than South € the s! 
i is highly de that the amount of Coe: 
n the Indian s estimate of the quality of Coca : 
f nicotine esta’ ey ofap 
