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Nutmeg $0.70 to $0. SO 



Orange, bitter 2.25 to 2.35 



Orange, sweet 2.20 to 2.40 



Origanum . 20 to .40 



Patchouli 4.00 to 4.25 



Pennyroyal 1-70 to 1.80 



Pennyroyal, French 1.40 to 1.50 



Peppermint, tins 2.00 to 2.10 



Peppermint, bottles 2.30 to 2. ,35 



Petit grain, French 5.00 to 6.00 



Petit grain. South American 2.40 to 2.75 



Pimento 1-90 to 2.25 



Rose, natural peroz__ 5.00 to 5.50 



Rosemary flowers . 672 to .75 



Safrol -40 



Sandalwood 3.00 to 3.25 



Sassafras -55 to .65 



Savine 1. 25 to 1. 30 



Spearmint 1-75 to 1.85 



Spruce .40 to .45 



Tansy 2.50 to 2.75 



Thyme 1-00 to' 1.10 



Wintergreen (or sweet birch) 1.45 to 1.75 



Wiutergreen, leaf 3.25 to 4.25 



Wormseed 1-50 to l.GO 



Wormwood 6.25 to 6.50 



Ylaug-ylang 47.00 to 65. 00 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF VOLATILE OILS. 



Importations of volatile oils and allied products have increased 

 from year to year until at the present time the expenditures for 

 volatile oils and perfumes aggregate more than $'2,000,000 annually. 



According to the statistics of imports compiled by the Bureau of 

 Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, the importa- 

 tion of volatile and distilled oils, free and dutiable, for the year 

 ending June 30, 1908, amounted to $3,619,161.33.« From this amount 

 there should be deducted $886,923, which represents distilled oils not 

 of plant origin. The total importation, therefore, of volatile oils, 

 free and dutiable, distilled from plants for the above year was valued 

 at $2,732,238.33. These figures represent only the volatile oils 

 imported. 



In addition to the sum mentioned, the imports of alcoholic per- 

 fumery, including toilet and cologne waters and alcoholic handker- 

 chief perfumes, must be considered. The total imports of this class 

 of perfumes for the year ending Jime 30, 1908, amounted to 

 $484,498.43." 



« Commerce and Navigation of the Ignited States, 1908, p. 917. 

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