450 
LIME  JUICE. 
tube  ;  (3)  by  heating  bromoform  (CHBrg)  with  bromide  of  iodine 
in  a  sealed  tube.  The  product  is  obtained  in  a  pure  state  by 
distillation.  It  is  a  white  substance,  crystallizing  in  plates, 
melting  at  91°  C,  of  an  ethereal  odor,  somewhat  resembling 
that  of  tetrachloride  of  carbon,  and  sweetish  taste.  It  is  not 
soluble  in  water,  but  dissolves  in  ether,  alcohol,  bisulphide  of 
carbon,  chloroform,  bromoform,  benzol,  and  American  oil.  So- 
dium amalgam  reduces  it  to  bromoform,  and  then  into  dibromide 
of  methylene. 
This  interesting  body  belongs  to  the  group  which  has  yielded 
nearly  all  our  anaesthetics,  and  it  will  be  seen,  on  inspecting  the 
tabulated  arrangement  below,  that  there  is  now  but  one  member 
missing,  to  be  supplied,  we  may  safely  hope,  by  future  research. 
The  tetriodide  of  carbon  is  the  body  which  yet  remains  to  be 
found  to  complete  the  series. 
Chloride.         Bromide.  Iodide. 
Methyl        .       .    CH3CI  CB3Br  CH3I 
Dichloride.        Dibromide.  Diniodide. 
Methylene    .       .    GH.Cl  CH^Br^  CH^I^ 
Trichloride.       Tribromide.  Tri-iodide. 
Formyl        .        .    CHCI3  CHBrg  CHI3 
(Chloroform.)    (Bromoform.)  (Iodoform.) 
Tetrachloride.    Tetrabromide.  Tetriodide. 
Carbon         .        .     CCl,  CBr,  CI, 
(Missing.) 
— Lond.  Pliarm.  Journ.y  June  15,  1870. 
LIME  JUICE. 
A  superior  quality  of  lime  juice  has  been  lately  imported  into 
this  country  by  Messrs.  Evans,  Lescher  &  Evans,  which  is  pre- 
pared on  the  plantation  of  Sturge's  Montserrat  Company.  This 
juice  seems  to  keep  clear  and  bright  without  any  addition  of 
spirit  or  any  chemical  agent,  and  it  is  of  very  excellent  flavor. 
We  have  learned  the  following  interesting  particulars  of  the 
island  of  Montserrat,  and  of  the  cultivation  of  the  lime  tree 
there,  from  the  consignees :    [Geographical  notice  omitted.] 
The  lime  tree,  a  native  of  Western  Africa,  seems  early  to 
