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The anise harvest in Spain has given excellent results, but for 

 our branch of manufacture this quality does not come under consid- 

 eration, on account of its high price. 



The French firm in Bulgaria, of which we mentioned in our 

 April Report that it intended taking up the distillation of Bulgarian 

 anise on a large scale, has so far been unsuccessful, as the result 

 this year has only been unimportant, and cannot enter into competition 

 owing to the high cost-price. 



We have in these pages repeatedly referred to the complaints 1 ) 

 made from the side of the German chemists about the use of anethol for 

 liq. ammo7i. anis. It is, namely, said, that the substitution of anethol 

 for anise oil is the cause of drawbacks which had not been observed 

 before, inasmuch as when liq. ammon. anis. is added to liquid remedies, 

 the anethol gradually separates out again, and collects in the form of 

 scaly, closely concentrated masses on the surface of the mixture; 

 similar conditions occur in the preparation of elixir e succ. liquir. 



Now it has recently been pointed out in the pharmaceutical press 2 ), 

 in discussing this matter, that in order to remove the drawbacks 

 mentioned above, the prescription of liq. ammon. anis. should be 

 amended, for example by increasing the proportion of alcohol, or else 

 that while the present composition of the liquor is maintained, the 

 use of anise oil should again be fallen back upon. 



We agree with this proposal in so far as it relates to the modi- 

 fication of the proportionate quantities of the liq. ammon. anis, and 

 on the receipt of complaints addressed direct by to us we have also 

 repeatedly laid stress on this. But the re -substitution of anise oil 

 in the place of anethol would probably not lead to the end in 

 view, as experiments have shown us that with the present superior 

 quality of anise oil, the drawbacks are exactly the same as when 

 pure anethol is used. The anise oil produced at the present time 

 is of much better quality and has a larger anethol - content than 

 that of former years, and this has naturally to be taken into con- 

 sideration when the conditions in question are discussed. If for liq. 

 ammon. anis. the present composition is maintained, the defects observed 

 will remain, no matter whether anethol or anise oil is used in the 

 preparation of the liquor. 



A report in the pharmaceutical monthly notes of the Pharm. 

 Zeitung 3 ) dealing with the article quoted by us, requires correction 

 on this point, that we have never maintained or proved that the 





*) Report October 1902, 10; October 1904, 10. 



2 ) Pharm. Ztg. 51 (1906), 555. 



3 ) Pharm. Ztg. 51 (1906), 612. 



