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root oil also apply to angelica seed oil. Our moderate stocks have been 

 exhausted and for the present, therefore, we are compelled to refuse • 

 orders of importance, such as come to hand from time to time, especially 

 from England. We only expect a small yield next autumn from our own 

 plantations, but possibly, before that time, we may by chance discover 

 elsewhere a parcel of raw material for distilling. 



Anise Oil, Russian. Already in our last Report we pointed out that 

 the yield of the 1911 -crop had fallen far below that of the previous year, 

 and the advices which have since come to hand have unfortunately not 

 only confirmed our statement, but have placed the fact of the complete 

 failure of the crop beyond doubt. In well-informed quarters the total 

 quantity harvested is estimated to have been 100000 Poods, as compared 

 with 245000 Poods in the year 1910. At the close of the last fair at 

 Alexeyewka, which, owing to the delayed supplies, could not be held until 

 November 14, it was possible to obtain a general idea of the paucity of 

 the yield. Qualitatively also, the anise brought to market was worse than 

 had been expected, and for seed with a very poor oil-yield from 53 &tt 

 to 55 c4t per 100 kilos cif. Hamburg was asked. In these circumstances 

 it is hardly necessary to say that the distillers of anise in Russia were 

 only able to manufacture sufficient for their barest necessities, especially 

 because, with such prices as these for their raw material, it was impos- 

 sible for them to compete successfully with pure anethol, in the manu- 

 facture of which, fortunately, anise seed can be dispensed with. The 

 prices of pure Russian anise oil with high solidifying point (18°) at times 

 approached as high a figure as 20 cM % but this quotation could not be 

 long maintained in view of the reserved attitude of the buyers. At the 

 moment it would be possible to buy from first hand at about 17,75 vfl 

 to 18 o#, but in spite of this the market must be called exceedingly firm. 



Apopin Oil, see Linaloe Oil, p. 92. 



Arnica Oils. We have at our disposal a sufficiency of the finest 

 arnica flower oil of our own distillation to last us until the summer; on 

 the other hand there is still a complete lack of arnica root oil (an article 

 which is in fairly strong demand in the cosmetics trade), because in spite 

 of all our efforts we have been unable to discover any raw material for 

 distilling purposes. The reports from all districts where arnica root is 

 gathered agree in stating that no supplies of any sort have come to hand, 

 owing to the exceptional drought of last summer. | 



Oil of Artemisia frigida, Willd. ("Wild Sage"). The oil of this 

 American Composita, which was described by Rabak 1 ) some years ago has 

 since then been more closely examined by him 2 ). The plant, which was 



x ) Comp. Report October 1905, 12; April 1907, 13. 



2 ) U. S. Dep. of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Circular No. 235, p. 21. 



