Quantity. 
Value. 
Kilos. 
Pesos. 
2TO 
4  000 
267,089 
2,977,355 
20,939 
320,207 
987 
11,909 
132 
2,000 
288,766 
3,3i547i 
274                          The  Whorled  Milkweed.  \  Am  w.  Pharm. 
*  ^  l      April,  1921. 
Country. 
Belgium   
United  States   
France   : 
Holland   '  
Italy   
Total  
In  1918  the  following  quantities,  with  values,  of  vanilla  were 
exported : 
Country.                                    Quantity.  Value. 
Kilos.  Pesos. 
Spain                                                                   659  4,730 
United  States                                                  44,346  500,275 
Cuba                                                                    1  .15 
Total                                                         45,066  505,020 
During  1919  the  following  exports  of  vanilla  were  made  to  the 
countries  listed: 
Country.                                    Quantity.  Value. 
Kilos.  Pesos. 
Cuba                                                                  19  151 
Spain                                                               631  4,665 
United  States                                                193,663  2,266,826 
France                                                              3,087  61,598 
Great  Britain                                                         1  12 
Italy                                                                       1  6 
Argentine  Republic                                                  1  6 
Total                                                      197,403  2,333,264 
THE  WHORLED  MILKWEED  (ASCLEPIAS  GALIOIDES) 
AS  A  POISONOUS  PLANT. 
By  C.  Dwight  Marsh,  A.  B.  Clawson,  James  F.  Couch  and 
W.  W.  Eggleston. 
(Abstracted  from  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture  Bul- 
letin No.  800,  June  8,  1920.) 
Asclepias  .galioides  is  one  of  the  narrow-leaved  milkweeds. 
The  stems  are  erect,  single  or  several,  sometimes  branching,  "near 
woody"  at  the  base,  and  from  one  to  five  feet  high.  The  leaves 
are  in  whorls,  narrowly  linear,  from  two  to  four  inches  long.  The 
flowers  are  in  umbels.    The  species  galioides  is  distinguished  from 
