— 88 - £ 



Parsley Oil. There has been a great scarcity of oil distilled from 

 parsley seed (an article which is often asked for in France), because it 

 has been very difficult to procure the necessary raw material, last year's 

 crop having turned out a failure. It has been necessary to make a 

 corresponding advance in the prices. 



We desire to call special attention to our parsley oil distilled from 

 fresh leaves, which is coming more and more into use in the industry of 

 comestibles. We distil this oil from parsley grown here in Miltitz and 

 we can thoroughly recommend it for use in the preparation of soup- 

 seasonings, meat-extracts, condiments, §c, as well as generally for use 

 in the preserved provision industry. 



Parsnip Oil, Italian. Roure-Bertrand Fils 1 ) give the following con- 

 stants of a sample of an Italian parsnip oil, distilled from the entire 

 plant (yield 0,1 p. a): d 15 o 0,8970, « D + 0°6', acid v. 5,6, sap. v. 228,9, 

 ester v. after acet. 251,1, sol. in 2 vols. § m. 80 p. c. alcohol. When more 

 alcohol was added a considerable proportion of a paraffin was separated out. 



Patchouly Oil. The half-yearly period now under review has again 

 failed to bring with it the expected increase in prices, although high rates 

 continued to be asked for patchouly leaves. It happens, however, that 

 most consumers had laid in ample supplies at the time when prices were 

 still cheap, the more readily so because patchouly is one of the few 

 essential oils of which the aroma distinctly improves with prolonged 

 storage. These heavy stocks of oil in the hands of our industry are 

 naturally depressing the market, and as the offers of raw material have 

 lately been on a somewhat more liberal scale, we regard it as probable 

 that the increased prices of patchouly leaves of the past twelve months 

 will not be reflected in the oil-quotations at all. There have been no 

 arrivals of any importance of patchouly oil distilled in India. 



Pennyroyal Oil. Although the demand for this oil has lately been 

 very slack, a rather firmer tone has become perceptible in the market. 

 The drought in the producing centres has greatly reduced the yield of 

 this year's crop, and a further improvement in the prices in the course 

 of the winter therefore appears likely. But in order to bring this about 

 it must be assumed that the consumers will adopt a less reserved attitude 

 towards the article. t 



Peppermint Oil, American. No price -alterations of importance 

 occurred during the spring, and it was only when the prospects of the 

 present year's crop became clearer, and it was possible to count with 

 some degree of certainty upon a favourable yield, that the market began 

 to show a corresponding easiness. The decline in prices, however, was 

 to some extent balanced by the exceeding briskness of the demand, 



*) Berichte von Roure-Bertrand Fils, April 1912, 28. 





