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CASSIA BARK 
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The oil somewhat resembles cinnamon oil, but has 
a less pleasant taste. 
It is exported to London from the south of China, 
to the extent of 47,517 lbs. in 1869; in 1870, 28,389 lbs. 
was exported there. 
Hamburg also takes much of this oil ; thus in 1895 
that port received 30,000 lbs. from China and 10,000 
lbs. from England ; and in 1896, 3,900 lbs. from China 
and 17,000 lbs. from England.^ 
CASSIA BUDS 
These are the dried unripe fruits of the Chinese 
Cassia. After flowering the sepals of the cinnamons 
swell up and form a cup in which the small, black, olive- 
like fruit sits, like an acorn in the cup. These are what, 
I presume. Cay la, previously quoted, refers to as flowers, 
as the real flowers are too small to be separated for 
distilling. The “ buds ” ^ are taken from the Chinese 
tree when comparatively young ; in the Malayan cassias 
when adult. 
They are used in confectionery in place of cinnamon, 
and, according to Dr. Masters, in the Treasury of Botany, 
the Germans and Eussians prefer cassia to cinnamon 
for flavouring chocolate, as it is stronger in taste. 
Simmonds’s Tropical Agriculture states that the 
average quantity of cassia buds imported in the thirteen 
years ending in 1842, was 4,023 lbs., and the consump- 
tion about 6,700 lbs. 
He gives the following data of imports — 
lbs. 
Value. 
1867 . 
. 7,355 
£467 
1868 . 
. 50,676 
3,565 
1869 . 
. 38,861 
3,000 
1870 . 
. 29,321 
2,226 
No later returns 
are procurable. 
The earlier exports from China were larger, but 
decreased. Eondot gives them as 53,333 lbs. in 1848, 
31,066 lbs. in 1866, 22,000 lbs. in 1867. 
1 Fliickiger and H anbury, PharmacograpMa, p. 532. 
