— 7i — 



to cast up our cost price, but we can state even now that no reduction 

 in the quotation is to be thought of, for we are already satisfied with the 

 barest imaginable margin of profit. 



Myrtle Oil. Although the oils of myrtle found in commerce 

 are almost exclusively of French and Spanish origin, we have had 

 frequent opportunity, of late years, of investigating oils from other 

 sources, especially from Corsica, Asia Minor and Syria. As a matter 

 of general interest we record below the constants of such oils: — 



Oil from dl5° 



<*D 



I1D20O 



Acid 

 no. 



Ester 

 no. 



Ester no. 

 after 

 acet. 



Solubility 



Corsica . . . < 



0,8828 

 0,8868 



+ 26° 46' 



+ 2 3 °i5' 



1,46644 



1,46911 



1,0 



1,6 



i3»o 

 17,1 



30» 2 

 38,5 



in2,5voU 9 op.c. 

 ,, 0,8 „ / ale. 



Syria ....<! 



0,8930 

 0,8985 



+ 1 4° 3o' 



1,46417 



1,9 



20,3 

 26,6 



72,0 

 70,7 



,, 5»° »> \ 



11 1.0 „ l 8o a P; c - 



Asia Minor . 



0,9138 



+ IO° 4 2' 



1,46704 



i,5 



39,4 



94,9 



„ 0,9 „ J 



In connection herewith we may mention that in the course of our 

 investigations we have also observed small differences in the constants 

 of Spanish and French oils. These are shown in the subjoined table: 



di 5 o 



<*D 



HD20° 



Acid 



Ester 

 no. 



Ester no. 

 after 

 acet. 



Solubility 



Spanish oils 



French oils 



o,9i3 



to 

 0,924 



0,890 



to 

 0,904 



+ 22° 



to 



+ 25° 20' 



+ 15° 

 to 



+ 23° 



1,467 



to 



1,470 

 1,465 



to 



1,468 



up 

 to 

 1,7 



up 

 to 



1,5 



68 

 to 

 83 



19 

 to 

 28 



103 

 to 



117 



38 



to 



56 



in 1 to 2, rarely up to 

 5 vol. 80 p. c. ale. 



in 0,5vol. 90 p.c. ale., 



the majority in 5 to 



10 vol. 80 p.c. ale. 



Neroli Oil. In spite of the unfavourable weather (among the 

 features of which are hail and snow storms), which has prevailed in 

 the South of France during the past month, the orange trees have only 

 suffered very slightly, and from their appearance it is hoped that the 

 crop will be a middling one. The cold weather has greatly retarded 

 the young buds, and the experience of past seasons shows that when 

 the blossoming-period commences late it is comparatively short and 

 consequently never yields a very abundant crop. In any case it may 

 be anticipated that the prices of flowers will be somewhat lower than 

 in 1908 and, presupposing that no continuance of bad weather nulli- 

 fies all prophecies, neroli oil is also likely to be offered at somewhat 

 more advantageous rates. 



