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carvacrol, but could not be identified further. Eugenol which, as is 

 well known, is present in the ordinary camphor oil usually obtained 

 from the wood of the roots and the trunk, could not be detected. 

 Neither did the oil contain alcohols (borneol) in any appreciable 

 quantity; we found the acetylation number 14,5. The camphor- 

 content of the oil as received by us was 75%. It also differed 

 from Japan oil by the absence of safrol. We attempted to detect 

 this constituent by treating the oil several times with hydroxylamine 

 in order to remove the camphor, and fractionating in vacuo the un- 

 changed portion of the oil which had distilled over with the water 

 vapour. But not one of the fractions boiling between 50 and no° 

 (7 to 8 mm. pressure) had even a remote odour of safrol. This 

 difference in the composition of the two camphor oils in question 

 may be due to this, that in the distillation of the oils the parts of 

 the plant used were not the same. 



Cananga Oil. In purchasing this oil, which is of such great 

 importance for perfumery purposes, we specify the highest possible 

 requirements, and as a consequence our stocks enjoy the constant 

 approval of the leading experts. We have always at our disposal a 

 considerable quantity, and are thus able to meet any demand. 



Caraway Oil. In the spring months of this year the prospects 

 of the caraway- harvest in Holland were very favourable, for according 

 to official information the area cultivated with caraway was considerably 

 larger than in 1905, and the reports on the condition of the plants 

 were on the whole also satisfactory. North Holland, however, made 

 an exception even at that time, as the dry summer of 1905 appeared 

 to have had an injurious effect on the plants, and much damage was 

 done especially by mice. Later reports though were already less hopeful. 

 The germination had suffered during the flowering season through 

 unfavourable weather and frost, and consequently left much to be 

 desired in the principal districts, Groningen, Zealand, North Brabant 

 and North Holland. According to the information published by the 

 Dutch Government, the area cultivated with caraway was made up 

 as follows: — \ '?°, *v 



Groningen . 

 Friesland . . 

 North Holland 

 South Holland . 

 Zealand . . . 

 North Brabant 



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1085 



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5047 



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2057 



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II 280 



acres 



10701 



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