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Contents. 



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Introductory remarks 5 



Commercial notes and scientific information on essential oils 16 



New essential oils . . . : 94 



The British Pharmaceutical Codex 1907 99 



Swedish Pharmacopoeia 99 



Chemical preparations and drugs 103 



Notes on recent research work concerning terpenes and terpene derivatives 106 



Solubility-table of the most frequently used odoriferous substances . . . . 142 



Examination of the essential oil of Blumea balsamifera D. C. By R.Jonas 145 



List of abbreviations, 

 d = specific gravity. 



d2oo = specific gravity at 20 , compared with water at 1 5 . 

 ** "40 === specific gravity at 20 , compared with water at 4 . 

 a D20° = optical rotation at 20 , in a 100 mm. tube. 

 [a]i> = specific rotation. 

 n D20° = index of refraction at 20°. 

 Sol. p. = solidifying point. 

 M. p. = melting point. 

 B. p. = boiling point, 

 n = normal. 

 Acid no. = acid number; ester no. = ester number; sap. no. = saponification 



number, 

 g. = gram; cc. = cubic centimeter; mm. = millimeter. 



Temperatures are uniformly given in degrees Centigrade. 

 The strength of alcohol, if not otherwise indicated, is given in per cent, by volume. 



