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from the wood, nor do we find any particulars showing how the con- 

 r stituents were identified. 



From an article by H. Morstatt 1 ) on insect pests in camphor-trees we 

 quote the following: "Although camphor, which occurs in all parts of the 

 camphor-tree, is itself an efficient protective against the attacks of insects, 

 it is powerless to protect the parent-tree from such pests. Thus, in German 

 East Africa the camphor-tree is attacked by slugs, shield-lice, locusts, bugs, 

 mites and certain kinds of beetles. The weevil, Dicasticus Gerstceckeri, Faust 

 is occasionally found in the tree in enormous numbers, and the capricorn- 

 beetle, Tragocephala pretiosa, Hintz, an insect measuring from 8 to 10 inches 

 in length, often inflicts serious damage upon the tree". 



Cananga Oil. The upward movement in prices which all the producers 

 agree in forecasting still tarries by the way, but this notwithstanding, and 

 in spite of the fact that the arrivals continue to be sufficient for the demand, 

 the position of the article must be described as steadily firm. We have 

 lately made special arrangements for securing a sufficient future supply, 

 and in all probability our customers will therefore be secured against 

 unpleasant surprises. In any case, however, we consider it very desirable 

 that consumers should secure their requirements for some months ahead 

 at the present prices, for we regard a reduction in values as quite out 

 of the question, and an upward movement must sooner or later make it- 

 self felt when the present important second-hand stocks are beginning to 

 be used up, and if the producers should somewhat restrict their shipments, 

 a contingency which appears to be extremely probable in view of the 

 exceptional quietness of the market during the past few months. 



"Cape" Oil. On the Ivory Coast the name of Cape is given to a par- 

 ticular kind of leaves 2 ) which are apparently used by the native women for 

 perfuming their persons. Roure-Bertrand Fils have distilled the dry leaves, 

 and obtained therefrom 0,28% of an extremely mobile, greenish-yellow oil of 

 an extraordinarily powerful, agreeable odour, at first reminding of patchouly. 

 The distillate gave the following constants: d lbo 0,977, a D + 39°38', acid 

 v. 0,7, sap. v. 109,2. It was soluble in its own volume of 80% alcohol, 

 the mixture showing a slight cloudiness when more alcohol was added. 



Caraway Oil. Throughout the winter no change has been perceptible 

 in the caraway market, but if anything the prices, as a result of the ex- 

 ceptionally heavy crop of last year, showed a certain dulness. Recently, 

 however, the position has undergone a change, inasmuch as the severe 

 winter is reported to have seriously damaged the plantations. The caraway- 

 fields, it will be remembered, had already suffered from last year's great 



x ) Der Pflanzer, Zeitschr. f. Land- u. Forstwissenschaft in Deutsch-Ostafrika 8 (1912), 18. 

 2 ) Berichte von Roure-Bertrand Fils, October 1911, 43. 



