at Ede Lucia. . In the one = t 
grown at sea-level 
y “grown: at Darjeding at. an elevation of 900° feet. t, gave the 
t per-centage of total Cocaine, but a large proportion bis uncrystal- 
. The other leaves forwarded by the Secretary of the Agricul- 
id Horticultural Society of India have been rendy very fully 
. by Dr. Warden, M.D., F.R.C.S., in a Note on Erythroxylon 
gt attend ~ = published in Vol. viii. 4 part iii, new series 
ge ed above Societ : 
vem fente with these leaves is brought out by - 
P G.I osha of Ranchi, Bengal. One set of -— es, dried in -— sun, 
elded *53 per cent. of Cocaine, of which *23 cent. was uncrystal- 
e same leaves “dried in the shad o on i hath for 20 ees 
* then rolled by hand like tea, then fermented 21 hours, dried over a 
ch: fire and put up in a closed tin box," yielded 58 per cent. of 
caine, of which only *17 per cent. was uncrystallisable. These latter 
leaves were obtained from plants imported from Paris; the other 
Indian leaves were from plants introduced by the Agricultural and 
Horticultural — of India. In general character they are all very 
varieties etd no g dsl their own range of elevation at which they may 
je successfully cultivated, as well as characteristics more or less marked 
yie eryst le Cocaine. oS 
The typical plant, Fig. 1, appears to be the best plant to cultivate at 
r elevations, and if ‘the gp is to obtain a large yield of 
tallisable Cocaine. e variety novo-granatense thrives at sea level 
n the tropics, and yields nearly, if not quite, as high a per-centage ——— 
total Cocaine, but a large proportion of it under present chemicel 
methods is uncryst inam The latter plant, judging from cultivated — 
s regards yield of crystallisable Cocaine we have mdr amongst er 
Sues seamen very much similar conditions as amon 5 Cinch — 3 
"Ora Serora or P O : ; 
There a are numerous ord — of DAL es om erin a rng . 
the inter- seg s of both hemisphere he -qua 
a eee erica, — more: Finans 
px described, Me 
ant properties which exist in i metat E Erythroxylon 
illy drawn attention tir mis iu dele 
