Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  \ 
May,  1909.  f 
Barbados  Aloes. 
229 
and  elsewhere,  and  it  is  doubtless  this  unfair  competition  which 
caused  the  extinction  of  our  industry. 
"  Curacao  aloes  is  still,  however,  shipped  under  its  right  name, 
but  this  is  packed  as  heretofore  in  boxes  and  not  in  gourds  and 
obtains  a  lesser  price. 
"  Barbados  aloes  is  quoted  by  all  the  English  and  American 
wholesale  druggists  in  their  catalogues,  and  it  is  possible  to  buy 
hundreds  and  thousands  of  pounds  of  an  article  under  this  name,  in 
spite  of  the  fact  that  the  genuine  article  is  no  longer  exported  from 
Barbados. " 
"  Copy  of  Minute  by  the  Imperial  Commissioner  of  Agriculture." 
"  Hon.  Col.  Sec.  : 
"  I  think  Mr.  Knight's  minute  describes  the  situation  clearly 
and  fully. 
"  The  question  arises  if  it  is  worth  while  to  investigate  the 
industry  with  a  view  to  its  revival. 
"  The  whole  question  was  carefully  considered  by  Mr.  Freeman, 
and  his  observations  were  published  in  the  West  Indian  Bulletin* 
Volume  III,  pages  178-189,  to  which  Messrs.  Lehn  &  Fink  might 
be  referred.  Copies  of  this  publication  should  be  available  at  Messrs. 
Gillespie  Bros.,  4  Storn  Street,  New  York,  library  of  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, library  of  New  York  Botanic  Gardens,  library  of  New  York 
Export  Station,  Ithaca,  library  of  Brooklyn  Institute  Museum. 
"(Sgd.)    Francis  Watts. 
"  IS,  3,  '09" 
From  the  foregoing  and  from  other  sources  we  may  summarize 
as  follows: 
Barbados  aloes  is  a  term  originally  applied  to  a  variety  of  aloes 
first  produced  in  and  exported  from  the  island  of  Barbados,  and 
which  was  characterized  mainly  by  its  peculiar  and  individual  pack- 
ing in  gourds.  For  a  considerable  time  the  term  was  confined  to 
this  product  and  it  acquired  a  positive  trade  value  as  indicating  an 
aloes  exported  solely  from  Barbados. 
Gradually,  however,  the  appellation  was  widened  in  its  scope  to 
include  other  varieties  of  aloes  from  other  sources  (notably  from 
Curacao)  that  were  similarly  packed  in  gourds,  and  for  many  years 
