Am.  Jour.  Pbarm.) 
August,  1904.  J 
Pharmacy  and  Chemistry. 
375 
tile-oil  distiller  and  drug  miller  are  also  shown ;  these,  like  the  stick 
variety,  have  the  outer  bark  scraped  off. 
What  is  now  of  special  interest  to  those  making  lemon  essences, 
citral,  ionone,  etc.,  are  the  grass  oils.  Extensive  field  cultivation  in 
the  maritime  region  supplies  the  trade  with  both  lemongrass  and 
citronella  oils,  of  which  many  brands  of  native  distillers  are  shown. 
It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  rice  is  grown  in  both  the  upland  and 
the  maritime  region.  Rice  is  called  "  paddy,"  and  is  the  staff  of  life 
in  the  East.  Tapioca  is  also  prepared,  but  to  a  smaller  extent. 
Plantain  flour  is  made  by  the  housewife  from  the  banana  grown  in 
the  vegetable  garden. 
Fibres  of  commercial  importance  are  the  palm  fibres  "  kitul " 
and  palmyra,  the  latter  made  from  the  Palmyra  palm  ;  both  are 
brown  in  color  and  coarser  than  the  more  important  coir  fibre. 
What  will  undoubtedly  be  of  much  importance  in  the  future  is  a 
long,  thin,  pure  white  fibre  extracted  from  the  East  Indian  hemp — 
Sansevietia  zeylanica.  This  plant,  from  its  long,  spear-like  leaves  of 
light  green  striped  crosswise  with  dark  green,  is  a  favorite  in  our 
greenhouses  for  ornamental  effects. 
Cacao  culture  is  important;  the  products  from  the  pod  to  the  fin- 
ished cocoa  are  shown ;  also  various  brands  of  the  cocoa  butter. 
Cinchona  favors  the  uplands  and  Ceylon  has  an  increasing  culture 
of  the  bark ;  a  tasty  case  of  the  quills  is  shown. 
Cardamoms,  wild  and  cultivated,  have  a  very  prominent  place  in 
the  display ;  this  is  also  an  exclusive  upland  culture. 
No  country  can  raise  too  much  rubber,  and  Ceylon  estates  in  the 
maritime  region  are  looking  after  this  product. 
Cloves,  nutmegs,  mace,  white  and  black  pepper  find  a  more  sub- 
ordinate place  in  the  agriculture,  but  are  shown  in  many  trade 
qualities. 
Undoubtedly  Ceylon  has  the  most  artistically  arranged  exhibit  in 
the  drug  line ;  the  booth  is  light  and  airy,  suggestive  of  the  Orient. 
Everything  is  arranged  a  la  Yankee,  to  show  off  to  the  best  advan- 
tage and  kept  scrupulously  clean.  The  educational  value  resides  in 
the  fact  that  many  estate  scenes,  showing  the  way  they  work,  the 
plants  in  various  stages  of  blossoming  and  bearing  fruit,  are  taste- 
fully placed  above  the  cases  of  drugs ;  thus  at  a  glance  we  have  the 
history  of  the  drug  before  us. 
