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de-alcoholised oil were outside the limits of value of rose oil, and further- 

 more the total-geraniol content (even after removal of the alcohol, which 

 would have been converted by acetylation into acetic ester, and as such 

 would likewise have raised the saponification value of the acetylated oil) 

 was considerably too high, from which it was to be inferred that either 

 palmarosa oil or geraniol had been added to the sample in addition to 

 the other adulterants. 



Rose Oil, German. The exceptionally cold weather of last winter, 

 during which the thermometer on occasions fell to — 22° C, has been 

 well-supported by our rose-plantations, and unless, as was the case last 

 year, there should be night-frosts in May or June, the prospects of our 

 Miltitz rose-crop for the present year may be described as very bright 

 indeed. At present it remains doubtful, however, whether, in spite of the 

 extension of our plantations last autumn, we shall collect sufficient raw 

 material to enable us again to take up the distillation of oil. The manu- 

 facture of our new speciality "Red Rose Schimmel § Co." (see p. 147), 

 which has the natural flower as its basis, and of which the peculiar pro- 

 perties place it in the front-rank of all rose-products, requires such large 

 quantities of newly-gathered roses, to make us fear that the whole of our 

 output will be taken up by this branch of our works. 



Rosemary Oil. The position of the rosemary oil industry in the 

 South of France is by no means bright, for the fact must be plainly ad- 

 mitted that the monopoly of quality, which was formerly in the hands of 

 the French, now appears to be a thing of the past. Although, speaking 

 generally, the distillation of such oils in Spain is not conducted with 

 particular care, that country has recently been placing upon the market 

 ever-growing quantities of oil which is in no respect distinguishable from 

 the French distillate. The prices of the Spanish oil are considerably lower 

 than those of the French, and as the distillers in Southern France have 

 been complaining for years that there was no profit in the article, it 

 would appear as if the days of the Southern French rosemary oil industry 

 were numbered. In sympathy with the slight demand for Dalmatian rose 

 oil the producers of that article have somewhat lowered their pretensions 

 of late. Just recently there are reports that the coming crop will be a 

 failure, but in view of the lessened demand we doubt, for the present, 

 whether these reports will greatly affect the prices. 



Samphire Oil. The distribution of the essential oil in the leaves, 

 Items and flower-parts of samphire (Crithmum maritimum, L., N. O. Um- 

 belliferae) has been described by L. Francesconi and E. Sernagiotto 1 ). 



Sandalwood Oil, East Indian. Our anticipations of the probable 

 course of the sandalwood prices have been amply confirmed: throughout 

 the winter the tendency was very firm, and for the important sales which 



a ) Rendiconti della R. Accademia dei Lincei (5), 20, II. (1911), 249. 



