The best and purest is to be bought only at Apothecaries' Hall.

Curry powder is adulterated with red lead.

Recipes brought from India for excellent curry powder are given in Warne's "Model Cookery Book;" we subjoin another original one.

Half an ounce of cayenne, one ounce of mustard, half an ounce of black ground pepper, half an ounce of salt, a quarter of a pound of turmeric, a quarter of a pound of coriander seed, one ounce of pounded cinnamon, one ounce of ground ginger, two ounces of fenugreek, and a quarter of an ounce of allspice, mixed.