W — 95 — 



1,3 p. c. bornyl acetate; sol. in 5 to 7 vols, and more of 90 p. c. alcohol. 

 In the seed of Abies pectinata the oil is located between the skin and 

 the kernel. 



Oil of Poplar Buds. We are now in a position to amplify our 

 statements of a few years ago {Report November 1908, 103) on the con- 

 stants of oil of poplar buds by the results of some further observations 

 on two distillates of our own manufacture. The first sample (I) was 

 distilled in our Bodenbach works, the second (II) in our works at Miltitz. 



Colour 



d. 



n D2 oo 



Acid 



Ester 



Ester v. 

 after 

 acet. 



Soluble in 



Pale 

 yellow 



Light 

 brown 



i 



I I Pale 0,8906 +6° 2 ' 1,49668 1,9 7,5 18,0 5vols 95 p. c. alcohol 



with separation of 

 paraffin. 



0,9035 +3° 54' 1,49623 11,3 13,4 53,0 7 tog vols 90 p. c. al- 

 cohol with sep. of 

 paraffin. 

 1 vol. 95 p. c. ale. with 

 more sep. of paraffin. 



As will be seen from the above, the acid-, ester- and acetylation- 

 values of the Miltitz oil are higher than those of the Bodenbach sample, 

 the former being moreover the more soluble. These properties are ob- 

 viously connected with the fact that the Miltitz raw material had been 

 more thoroughly exhausted by distillation. 



Rose Oil, Bulgarian. The fears which we expressed in our April 

 Report have not only been confirmed by the actual result of the present 

 year's crop, but the pessimistic rumours were far exceeded by the actuality. 

 Now that the statistical returns are available it is shown that the total 

 production of rose flowers amounted to 11365000 kilos, and as the oil- 

 yield all through the season was a very poor one, about 3800 kilos flowers 

 being required to produce 1 kilo of oil, the entire result of the distilling 

 amounted to 2987 kilos of rose oil. This quantity was distributed over 

 the various districts as follows: — 



District of Kazanlik 1070 kilos 



Stara-Zagora 184 „ 



Nova-Zagora 145 „ 



Tchirpan 137 „ 



Karlovo 1004 „ 



Brezovo . 363 „ 



Peschtira 58 „ 



Panagurichte . . . 26 „ 



Total 2987 kilos 

 compared with „ 3950 „ in the year 1911 x ). 



x ) According to our informant, in the official statistics for the year 1911 (see October 

 Report 1911, pp. 76 and 77) over 30 villages are missing, and the actual output for that year 

 was 3950 kilos. 



