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Extract from Dr. Cnossz's Diary. 
Dec. 29th.—-Mr. Woodruff, at his own earnest request, was removed 
to Asaba in a steamer, He is Yer ill, has constant орок, which 
pulls him down very much, has verything | he can wish for (as 
champagne, brandy, soda, Жетеден, milk, 
CXCVII.—ADEN BARILLA. 
(Sueda fruticosa, L.) 
In the Kew Bulletin for March 1890, an account is given of what is 
to the India Office to procure specimens of Aden Barilla, and of the 
plant producing it, for the Kew Museum. 
INDIA OFFICE to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
India Office, Whitehall, S.W., 
Sin, 24th February 1891. 
WirnH reference to your letter of the 12th July last, I am directed 
by the Secretary of State for India, to forward you herewith a copy of 
a letter received from the Political Бена at Aden, and to inform you 
that the case therein referred to, containing a cake ‘of manufactured 
Barilla and specimens of the plants from which it is made, has been 
forwarded to your address. 
I am, &c. 
(Signed) «C. E. BERNARD, 
cretary, 
The Direc Revenue and Statistics Department. 
Royal үт Kew. 
[ Enclosure. | 
Cory of LETTER from the POLITICAL agemus ADEN, dated 
8th January 1891 
WirH reference to your Lordship's серай to the address of the 
Government of Bombay, No. 11 (Revenue), dated 30th October 1890, 
I have the honour to forward to your address a case containing a cake 
of the Barilla as prepared at Bir Ahmed (near Aden) where it is’ 
best made. It is broken in two pieces, but this is a proof of its good 
bou as the inferior cakes only remain whole. 
specimen of the material as prepared for burning is for- 
Wanted: and also some specimens of the green plant. 
2. The mode of preparation is as follows :—The young green twigs at ` 
the ends of the branches are picked and pa on the ground i in the sun 
for seven days, at the end of which time they turn black, but are full 
moisture. Shallo s with a diameter of from 18" to 2’ are then’ 
dug in the sand and the bfaekenéd twigs are put into them and then 
ignited, and allowed to burn for some hours, at the end of which time they 
become a viscous pulpy mass, which is gently stirred with a stick until 
