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tops and branches removed, leaving sticks from *3 
to 4 ft. long. The bark is then peeled off, collected 
in bundles, pressed and bound together. It is 
then covered with matting and allowed to ferment 
slightly, in order to facilitate the removal of the 
cuticle. The pieces of bark are then sorted and 
dried, being packed together one inside the other 
to form pipes. These pipes are then further dried 
in the sun and graded for export. 
The dried bark is used mainly as a spice, but is also 
utilised for medicinal purposes and in the manufac- 
ture of incense. 
So far, cinnamon has only been grown on a small 
experimental scale in Malaya. 
COCAINE. 
(EJrythroxylon Coca). 
The coca or cocaine plant is a small bushy shrub, 
6 to 8 ft. high, indigenous to Peru and Bolivia, 
where it grows wild at elevations of 4,000 to 6,000 
feet. The drug cocaine is extracted from the dried 
leaves. 
The plant is easy to cultivate and grows very rapidly 
from seed. The seed is sown in nursery beds, the 
seedlings being transferred after 7 to 9 months to 
the field, and planted at distances of 4 to 6 feet 
apart. 
The first picking of leaves can be made at about 
iy 2 to 2 years from the date of planting, after 
which several pluckings of leaves can be made each 
year. Only mature leaves which have the highest 
alkaloidal content should be picked. The leaves are 
