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nalis or Laurus Camphora, is an evergreen tree belonging 
to the Natural Order Laurinece. It is found along tlie 
Eastern Coast of Asia from Cochin China to Shanghai, in 
the island of Hainan and in the Japanese Islands Kinshn 
and Shikoku, largely abounding in Formosa the head 
quarters of the industry. The products, chiefly camphor 
and camphor oil, are obtained by distillation, details ot 
which are given below. 
Cultivation in Malaya. 
The following notes on, the cultivation of the plant in 
the Government Experimental Plantation, in Selangor, the 
preparation of the crude and purified camphor and camphor 
oil are intended only as a preliminary note, as it is i >ped to 
prepare an article on the subject when the investigation is 
more complete. . , . M _ ... „ . . 
The first experiments m camphor by the k . M. b. Agri- 
cultural Department were initiated in Batu Tiga 5 years 
ago by Mr. Straley Arden. 
The set o of the Batu Tiga trees were obtained from 
the Yokohi .ia Nursery Company and sown in May 1904. 
They - were planted out in their permanent quarters 
10' x 10' n December of the same year. The growth as a 
whole is very good, while the growth in some cases is ex- 
ceptional. The average height of the trees is now about 
18 feei the tallest tree being over 26 feet. 
L further supply of seeds and young plants was 
recf> ved from Japan 'in May 1907 and planted c ut in the 
Experiment Plantation, Kuala Lumpur, in September of 
t)e same year. 
The growth of the plants in this case has also been good, 
the trees averaging in one plot 5 ft. 6 inches in height and 
4 feet 6 inches in breadth; this plot was cut over, bringing 
.( [1 the trees to one even height of five feet and leaving the 
sides untouched and yielded’ a crop of clippings averaging 
1226 lbs. per acre; the actual yield of camphor from which 
amounted to 0.6 per cent. 
Preparation of Camphor. 
Method of distillation: — 
The first experiments were made on a very small scale 
in a small copper still of 7 litres ( = 12*3 pints) capacity and 
capable of holding only about H lbs. of leaves or about 4 
lbs. of twigs, using an ordinary glass Liebig condenser to 
condense the camphor and oil. 
