PREFACE. 



Encouraged by the reception given to the First Yohime of this 

 handbook (referred to as the 1st Series), the autlior, as suggested in 

 his preface thereto, now issues a Second, which, in continuation 

 of the subjects ah-eady discussed, inchides a concise description 

 of certain spices and products used as flavouring materials. 



The information contained in the First Volume is now as 

 far as possible brought up to date ; the continued labours of 

 chemists, especially in Germany and France, requiring such 

 additional information to be recorded. 



Special sections are devoted to the consideration of Empy- 

 reumatic Oils and Ferment Oils, subjects which had not hitherto 

 received the attention they required. 



The concluding sixty pages describe the botanical characters of 

 many plants which are capable of supplying fine Floral perfumes. 

 These descriptions may appear somewhat lengthy, but such details 

 will be found necessary to identify the species. 



English and Foreign works of reference and journals are 

 copiously quoted from as before. 



The author is greatly indebted to Messrs. Schimmel & Co., 

 of Leipzig, for much valuable practical information, which 

 could scarcely be obtained from any other firm of Essential Oil 

 Distillers in the world. 



Brighton, 



March, 1894. 



