THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. [March i, 1894. 
*n thP nrincitjle that unity 18 strength, and com- 
?P A iff Jt a nJ skilful advertising the surest way to 
bfned elf ort ^^^'f "this tea campaign in the United 
BucceBS^ u'^'^puted how mist the millions of 
^'''^'V^Ajn Z^in.he c^^^^^ to the gospel of 
our , A^e^'^^^'-Sy British-grown tea We have 
^"''f 1 S sides that Indian and Ceylon tea have 
a a footing in the States. Mr. Buchanaa 
lo"^s nowTa our midst, sta'es-and bis word is 
who 19 i\9^_^ - J tlie (wo very largest and old st 
authcritative-that the (WO ve y ^^^^ 
"^t'tWe interestTn Indian an! Ceylon teas and that 
ff .r orrager-and not annoyed-by the producers or 
a»e up approves of wh»t Mr. Lipton 
BucUoan most fu ly BPP ^^^j^^^^ of acknowledged 
18 rfo.Dg as " 4 j^ew York. None of the 
'*^°t'AmeHcan houses w.U fe.l j .Ions -f him or 
'rtv Xi indivi.iual wholesale or iveu reUil 
"Ltf^ The Ceylon Observer beli. ve.s with Mr. 
effort. „ould be unwise >-> the extreme 
?"t',ttn oS T.lInterB' store in the United . States 
to start »n otnciai > otherwue, for 
for diaU-.but.ng tea e her by^^^^^ ^^^^^ 
this would at ouce exci ' j^^li^ 
tea dealers .^nd "-eUU sMi .^^^ 
Ceylon ►i>o'^^.'^, . ^ V ! as our Colombo coutem- 
;rdrt*ard^oTaUy^.aeU^?, «P '^"^^'^ -^-'"^ 
,re prepared t° ^^^'g.ts^that Cevlon must play ber 
WnT a7u B usde4 e.p.ca loyal support 
own ban.l, as u •« insinuation that we i.ro 
fromlnd.a, and there 18 an aosmp.ign 
too jealous ot y^at J^o °oy I J ^ ^^^j^, 
in Americ«. ^nt we observe that the 
08 (his topic P'*f „ore geuerons view of 
f^'^?tro'r:ud epu.XB 'ba charge of .act of 
the situat'on , j Indian pla'itero or even 
oo-operation on P,^^\°^3'';,,ping\ontemporari ) 
petty 1«»l=°"y;,the oft!', ^^^^^^ foundation of 
not aware-sayB the Ob^^ic ^^^.^ Ceylon teas 
^^''r^l iJ.^Tuii ''^i the Melbcurne Exh.b.t.on 
in Australana was la Q Commissioners 
l'^.\rJrther ule brothers in mutual co-operatiou 
worked tog^-tlier ''Ke ^^^.^.^ ^^^^ ^j^^^j^ 
^-ete'tial/^d^nl toB/d in^e puUlic press a^ain 
tod again- v--, r ' \ 
ealousies, if tn f.wlde Amprioo, an 1 oonqutr it 
ing th^\\*°"t'*°tea The tot thing U to form a 
^I'LdveSg agency or America a.<l this U what 
epecial adverueiog "B«""y — only now 
«Pf ;X'Yhe pTanrg c'o-mn.ity and especially 
r FhTrKan ^-^a Committee of the Planters' 
to the Ctiaii-m"! " p . the importance of losing 
Asscciation f^J^.^fj^f 'towards '^Focuring the co- 
no time t*^'°^,dtn T'^" Asa ciat^on in Calcutta, 
^r^Torluon ^f':"p?cial Advertising Fund for 
^w"tnnottJ^^^^^^^ 
the cons.'lerat on of the innia ^.^^ 
J'^'^'*" Srsucce B wAd has attended our efforts at 
low up «bo 8U"e9s wrio ^^^^^^ amount 
the Chicago * Teen quiet and not stir a 
to c/minal neghgen^ejo k^^^^^^ ^^.^^^ ^^^^^^ 
band to seize he maiKec f„rward 
™;rb "lorwu" "nd in that, case «iU 
policy, assuredly L. y „,„,tflow from oppnmg 
'^•P * market V^^'^^ " .d-pt^^d- 
out a new «n«Ket. »* u i- .^^ 
T^^'l'T Z ^ ^ cX for °e^ of onr planters must be 
Ctyluu— 'te exio I, ^^^^^^ j^^t g_ 
np «nd do,ce and qmo'-'T^; j^' ^.e alert as w. 11 
moment '° Teirg ^ mean adver.arv in point 
"of i?Xk?et£b'r5t competition.-7«.i«« Pl^n- 
UTS' Qa^ette. 
DRUG REPORT. 
(From Chemiit and Druggist.) 
London, January S4. 
CixcHOSA.— As already foreshadowed in our Uet l««ae, 
the cicjchona-aiictlons this week were very small in extent, 
the sevtu catalogues tot»liD{; np as follows ■■ — 
Pacsages Packagea 
Ceylou cinchona .. H84 of which ai*8 we»e aoW 
Eaot Indian cinchona . . „ 8v« ,, 
Java clijchotja 63 ,, 61 ,. 
West African ciDcb;ua 85 „ Si „ 
1393 1269 
The clnchma offered Included a very large proportion 
of fairly good Ea<t Indian Officinalis and Ledger tark. 
i^uccirul ra I Inds I eing coinparative'y ►caroe. The demand 
was fairly well maintainel throoguoat lh« auctiouj, and 
priccf' generally ranged firm at an average uuil of fuUy 
ii per lb. 
The following were the principal buyeri- ; — 
Lb. 
Mesprs. HowarJs & Sons .. •• 85,4"0 
Agenii for the Brnnswielf factory .. 78,(<)8 
Agents for the Anerbaoh factory . . 61,88.3 
A gen ta for the American and Italian works .. 29,*6S 
Agents for 1 he Mannheim and Amsterdam worke.. 14,948 
Agents f jr the Fariw factory ■■ 7,W4 
Agents for the Fraukfort-on llie-Main and Stat^;arc 
works *,780 
Various driiggisi.'' .. •■ •• 17,156 
Total quantity sold .. .. a\a.m 
Bought in or withdrawn . . 20.545 
Total quantity offered .. 333,868 
It should be nnderftood that the quantity of bark 
purcliase.l affords no guide to the perceuiage of quinine 
in that bark. Ihe loUowiog prices were realised for 
sound bark :— 
Ceylon Cinchona.— Original. Eel varieties : Dull and 
woody to fair bright quilly stem and branch chips lid to 
)5d- broken and <'ust H to |1 per lb. Ordinary to dull 
root Id to lid per lb. Yellow, fmall to gcod bright chips 
Igd to 3J4 per lb. Bentwed. Dull red chip* Id to IJl 
per lb. 
QuisiVE.— Thfre has been a decline of some Importanee 
In the market this week, and yesterday 10.000 ounces 
second-hand German in balk changed bands at II S per 
ounce; today, however, the market is much firmer, and 
at least three sales have teen made at rising prices, 
namely 10,000 ounces at lOid, 8,i 00 at 10k 1, and 5,000 
(late this afternoon) at lOJl per onnoe. Holder^ generally 
now psb lid per ounce. The luakers' quotations are un- 
altered. The demand In the United States is said to be 
larger than usual. 
The Intern at. Tbmpebatdee of Tbees has formed 
the subject of Bome investigationB by M. W. Prin?., 
(La Nature). The results show that the mean 
annual internal temperature of a tree is practically 
the same as that of the surrounding air, but the 
monthly means differ by two or three degrees. In 
general it takes a day for a thermal variation to be 
transmitted to the heart of a tree. On some days 
the internal temperature differs by as much as 10' C. 
from the air outside, but generally the difference is 
only a few degrees. When the air-temperature falls 
below the freezing point, the internal temperature 
of a tree descends to a point near that at which the 
sap freezes, and appears to remain there. Tbe 
maximum temperature of the interior of the trunk 
of a tree may occur some time before the maximum 
is reached by the surrounding air, owing to the ac- 
tion of the spring tun upon the tree while devoid 
of foliage. During the high temperatures ot Eum- 
mer, tbe internal temperature was proved by the 
investigations to be about 15° C with a variation 
of 2°C. at the most. Speaking gei.eraUy, a laig^ 
tree is warmer than the air in cold mon-.hs, and a 
little colder than the air during th« summer 
moaths. — Nature, Jan. 18. 
