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end of their communication Parry and Bennett give a tabulated 

 review of the results of the fractional distillation of pure and adulterated 

 peppermint oils, as obtained by them up to the present. 



Petitgrain Oil. The uncertain situation in Paraguay has tem- 

 porarily diverted the attention of the manufacturers there from this 

 product, and as a consequence nothing whatever has been heard about 

 it for many months. This, as well as the slow shipments, point to 

 a restricted production, and give rise to the surmise that it will be 

 difficult to execute the important contracts in due time. 



Pine*needle Oils. The consumption of the various distillates 

 from conifers which are included in the aforesaid designation, has in- 

 creased during the last few years in such manner that the distilling- 

 plant available in the producing- districts, which is mostly of a primitive 

 character, was not sufficient for coping with the demand, and it was 

 found necessary to erect other more rational plant instead. This 

 plant had unavoidably to be established at a greater distance from 

 the centres of production of the raw material, and this has caused a 

 marked increase in the working -expenses. The oil chiefly affected 

 by the changed conditions was the important pine-needle oil from 

 Pinus Pumilio, the price of which had to be raised. The increase 

 was absolutely necessary to ensure continued production on a sufficient 

 scale. We hope that we shall now be able to supply the oil also 

 during the winter without interruption. 



We were able to leave the price of the fine, highly odorous oil 

 from Abies pectinata unchanged for the present; the same applies to 

 the Swiss distillate from the cones of Abies pectinata, although it is- 

 occassionally very difficult to obtain the latter. The demand for the 

 fine Siberian pine-needle oil has lately shown a considerable 

 falling off. We can strongly recommend this exceedingly pure and 

 very moderately priced distillate. 



Rose Oil, German. The conditions this year [for our rose- 

 plantations w r ere as unfavourable as they could possibly be. Owing 

 to lack of moisture, only a very small proportion of blossoms was 

 able to develop. Most of the buds pined away and fell off. The 

 result of the manufacture, in addition to about 20000 kilos rose-water 

 and 1000 kilos rose -pomade, was only about 6 kilos rose oil. The 

 prospects for next year have also been injuriously affected, owing to 

 the fact that the rose-trees have formed no new shoots, and that it 

 was necessary to cut them short; this % will naturally have a most 

 unfavourable effect on next year's blossom-harvest, and not for several 

 years will there be again a normal yield. 



Rose Oil, Turkish. It is well known that this year's rose- 

 harvest in Bulgaria has taken place under the most favourable con- 



