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spond with the actuality. None of the samples tested by us contained 

 more than 96 p. c. benzyl acetate. 



Cinnamic aldehyde. T. Delphin 1 ) reports on what is truly a very 

 peculiar "improving agent" of cinnamic aldehyde. A sample of cinnamic 

 aldehyde purchased from a German firm showed rather too low a sp. gr. 

 and was therefore not in accordance with the requirements of the Swedish 

 Pharmacopoeia. In reply to his protest, Delphin received from the firm 

 concerned a "specially prepared fraction" the addition of which to the 

 cinnamic aldehyde, it was said, would raise its specific gravity. Delphin 

 thought it advisable first of all to examine this product a little more 

 closely, arguing quite correctly that the addition of only a small quantity 

 of pure cinnamic aldehyde would be incapable of sufficiently affecting the 

 sp. gr. of the entire parcel. His suspicion that the "cinnamic fraction" 

 contained a foreign body of higher sp. gr. was confirmed by examination, 

 when it was found that the "fraction" consisted of a mixture of about 

 1 part cinnamic aldehyde and 3 parts benzyl benzoate. Delphin expresses 

 the matter very courteously and reticently when he describes this mani- 

 pulation as "very peculiar". Unfortunately the name of the manufacturing 

 firm is not given. 



Citral. An opportunity having offered itself this year to lay in supplies 

 of the raw material, lemongrass oil, at advantageous prices, we were in 

 a position to make a reduction in our quotations. Whether this reduction 

 will or will not be of a temporary character cannot as yet be said, as this 

 will depend in the first place upon the demand which is to be expected. 

 We are prepared to submit special offers for large contracts. 



According to the Chemist and Druggist of Australasia [27 (1912), 271] 

 there is no prospect of any increase in the production of oil of BacJchousia 

 citriodora, which, as is well-known, contains 95 p. c. citral, and of which 

 the employment as raw material in the manufacture of citral was advocated 

 years ago. The large consignment of this oil which was sent to England 

 at the time has brought a loss to the manufacturer in Queensland and 

 as, moreover, there are great difficulties in the way of procuring labour, 

 the manufacture of the oil will always be restricted within a narrow 

 compass. 



A Civet. Our well -assorted stock of original horns of different sizes 

 has recently been enriched by a parcel which, in respect of quality, throws 

 into the shade everything we had previously received. Judging by the 

 demand which is already showing itself for this civet, the supply will soon 

 be exhausted. We therefore strongly advise the perfumery trade not to 

 allow the occasion of securing some of this unusually beautiful and 

 aromatic parcel to slip by. 



!) Svensk Farmaceutisk Tidskrift 1912, No. 12. Quoted from Apotheker Ztg. 27 (1912), 403. 



