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musk is diluted with about 90 per cent, of ' anti-febrin ' (of which 

 the vahie is about Is. 6d. per lb.), and the mixture sold at a profit 

 bordering upon the fabulous, consumers are at any rate entitled to 

 expect that they shall be supplied with a uniform article of a 

 definite, guaranteed musk percentage. 



" As we have on former occasions repeatedly spoken well of 

 ■" Tonquinol,' a substance now withdrawn from commerce as a 

 result of Patent litigation, we feel bound to state that this article 

 .also consisted chiefly of acetanilide. After this exposure, we trust 

 that nobody will find fault with us for refusing henceforward to 

 have any dealings in artificial musk, and for erasing the article 

 from our Price List." (Schimmel & Co.). 



"The firm which used to manufacture ' Tonquinol ' has lately 

 brought into commerce the following products, in which 

 ' antifebrin ' is likewise used as a vehicle : — 



"" Cumarol," consisting of about 30 % Coumarin & 70 ^ Antifebrin. 

 " Heliotrop," „ „ 25 „ Heliotropin&75 „ „ . 



^'Bigarol," „ „ 15 „ Nerolin & 85 „ 



" Irisol," „ „ 2J „ Orris oil & 97i 



•*' Ambrain," „ „ 15 „ Coumarin & 85 „ „ 



A special criticism of these mixtures may be dispensed with. 

 It is difficult to qualify them by a term of sufficient force." 



A^ol. I., P. 1. 



Ambrette. The seeds of Hibiscus Ahelmoschus (Lin. Spec. 

 980). " Hibiscus " is one of the names given by the Greeks to 

 " Mallow^" and is said to be derived from Ibis, a Stork, a bird 

 which is said to chew some of the species. " Abelmoschus " is 

 derived from the Arabic Kabb-el-Misk, " grain or seed of musk." 

 The " Mallow " group consists of a very large genus of Malvacece, 

 characterised by their large showy flowers being borne singly upon 

 stalks towards the ends of the branches ; by having an outer 

 calyx or involucel composed of numerous leaves, and an inner or 

 true calyx cut into five divisions at the top, which does not fall 

 away after flowering ; by having five petals broad at top and 

 narrow towards the base, where they unite with the tube of the 

 stamens ; and by the latter forming a sheath round the five- 

 branched style, and emitting filaments l^earing kidney-shaped 



