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of conifers, contains one single statement on the cedar leaf oil of 

 Juniperus virginiana; the authors found a specific gravity 0,900 (16 ). 



Cinnamon Oil, Ceylon. The trade in this speciality of our 

 firm was very brisk during the past half year, and although we had 

 arranged for a large supply of cinnamon chips, we were not always 

 able to meet the demand. Owing to the increasing demand for the 

 crude material, also on the part of the spice industry, the prices soon 

 hardened from 2d to 2 3 / 16 d per lb., so that we could not avoid an 

 advance in the quotations of our distillate. The following export 

 statistics of the Chamber of Commerce in Colombo show the enormous 

 increase in the exports of cinnamon chips: — 



1906 2531614IDS. 1901 1516083IDS. 



1905 2325514 „ 1900 1863406 „ 



1904 2368351 „ 1899 1829127 „ 



1903 2253269 „ 1898 1414165 „ 



1902 1763679 „ 1897 1067051 „ 



On the other hand, the export of cinnamon oil from Ceylon in 

 the same period, has declined from 181 536 ozs. to 158344 ozs. — 

 a clear proof that the superiority of the European distillate over the 

 Ceylon oil is beginning to be recognised by the consumers. 



We read in the Pharmazentische Zeitung 1 ) that the American 

 physician Ross, on the strength of a practice extending over 16 years, 

 recommends cinnamon oil as an excellent remedy against influenza. 

 The dose is 10 to 12 drops every two hours, until the temperature 

 is again normal. From that moment a dose of 10 drops three times 

 daily for one or two days is sufficient. 



The essential oil from the bark of the trunk of Cinnamomum 

 pedunculatum Nees ( C. japonicum S. et Z.) known in Japan as "Yabu- 

 nikkei" 2 ), has been examined by S. Keimatsu and S. Asahina 3 ). As 

 might be expected the oil differed completely from ordinary cinnamon 

 oil: do,9i7; M D — 280,54' ( — 4°4o'?); acid no. o; sap.no. o; sap.no. 

 after acetylation 84,6. The oil was rich in phellandrene (m. p. of the 

 nitrite 1 1 o°) and contained also a small quantity of eugenol (m. p. of 

 the benzoyl compound 69 ), and methyl eugenol, which was identified 

 by oxidation into veratric acid (m. p. 179 ). 



Citronella Oil. The firm condition of this important article, 

 which has gradually risen to about 1/11 cif. Hamburg, is in our 



*) Pharm. Ztg. 51 (1906), 1074. 



2 ) Not to be confounded with the Japanese cinnamon or cassia bark tree 

 C. Loureirii Nees, known under the name "Nikkei". Comp. Gildemeister and 

 Hoffmann, The Volatile Oils, p. 391 and Report October 1904, 96. 



3 ) The Oriental Druggist 1 (1906), No. 3. Yokohama. 



