Teaseed Oil

It appenrs that some of the Ceylon tea planters are making an organized attempt to obtain a sale for their tea seed in tbe London market. A parcel of seven bags of that article was off ered at the drug sales receutly, but no 011e seemed to know what to do with it, and although the broker declared his belief that the drug was "a favorite medicine in China" the audience remained unmoved. Nevertheless the tea seed might have been worth purcbasing for the sake of the bland oil which it contains, to the extent of about 85 per cent by weight, and which resembles olive oil in color and somewhat in taste. The seeds are about the size of a cherry stone, subglobular in shape, and of a deepbrown color. The oil wouHÍ be usefnl for