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from English dill-seed. It was rather larger and yellower in colour than 

 was the English fruit 1 ). 



Elemi Oil. Some years ago 2 ) we described under the name of 

 "Pagsainguin Oil" an article which had been sent to us from the Phi- 

 lippines, and which had been distilled from the resin of a Canarium 

 species. At the time the parent plant of the oil had been described to 

 us as Canarium Cumingii, Engl., but this statement proves to have been 

 incorrect. In reality, as we gather from an article by R. F. Bacon 8 ), this 

 oil is derived from C. villosum, F. Vill. The oil was obtained by distilling 

 the resin in vacuo at 4 to 6 mm., the yield being about 1 1 °/o, and the odour 

 the same as that of Manila elemi oil (from Canarium luzonicum) 1 ). 



The oil was found to contain d-«-pinene (m. p. of the hydrochloride 125°) 

 and dipentene (m. p. of the tetrabromide 124°). The distillation water 

 contained an appreciable proportion of formic acid, although during the 

 distillation process no decomposition had been observed. In our Pagsain- 

 guin oil we had found p-cymene, but this was not observed in Bacon's 

 sample. It is to be assumed, however, that the resin of C.villomm, like 

 that of C. luzonicum*) is of very variable composition. The author expects 

 to make further investigation into the oil. 



Oil of Eriobotrya japonica. see p. 163. 



Essential Oils, Sicilian and Calabrian. 



On these important articles we reproduce the statements of our 

 esteemed friend Mr. Eduardo Jacob of Messina, who, with his usual 

 courtesy, has placed at our disposal the following report: — 



The exports of the year 1910 have exceeded those of the previous 

 year by 25598 kilos, to the value of 294235 Lire. 



The total of 629897 kilos, however, is still far below that of the 

 decade 1898 to 1908, during which the average exports reached 934952 kilos. 



It will not be wrong to assume that the decreased consumption 

 from abroad is to be ascribed in part to the cold and rainy summer of 

 the year 1910, which has greatly restricted the consumption of lemon oil, 

 especially in America and England. Moreover, the recent crops have not 

 been particularly favourable, and there is no doubt that the high prices 

 of all essential oils, especially of lemon and bergamot, have kept foreign 

 buyers from laying in more stock than was absolutely necessary. 



x ) Quoted from Perfum. and Essent. Oil Record 1 (1910), 290. 



2 ) Report October 1907, 40. 



;i ) Philippine Journ. of Sc. 5 (1910), A. 257. 



*) Comp. Report October 1909, 54. 



