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Show Tonka Dean. W. A. P. S. Will you kindly tell me whero tho tonka bean can bo bought? Druggists hero havo It. but it is deprived of Its gro.vlng power. Tho tonka, tonquln, or couma-roil couma-roil am beans of commerce ore the seeds of tho South American trco dlpterlx oderata. When fresh theso are exceedingly fragrant, having an intense odor of newly made hay. This tree botanlcally is of consldorablo Interest, In-terest, as it is one of a small genus of eight or ten species, all of which aro largo forest trees of llrazll, Guiana Gui-ana and tho Mosquito Const. If you could obtain now seeds from South America without tho outer covering being broken it Is probablo that these Beeds would grow. In commerce, foi the convenience of carrying, tho seeds, which aro tho only part valu-ablo valu-ablo for exrort, aro takon from tho pods and dried thoroughly before shipping. ship-ping. As tho plant which boars the tonka beans is n forest tree running up to an nverago height of CO feet It is probablo that the beaiiR would not bo produced until the plants had attained at-tained considerable ago. It Is stated that wlien tonka bean plants are twico started that thoy nro easily propagated pro-pagated from ripened cuttings planted lu saud. They must bo kept In moist hoat and covered with n hand glass |