120 REPORT OF SCHIMMEL & Co. APRIL 1914. 
bacteria. The fungi constitute by far the greater percentage-proportion, and among 
them Penicillium glaucum occurs most frequently and most freely; next to this come 
the Asnergillus- and the Sterigmatocystis-species. Many of the fungi are capable, under 
certain conditions, of assuming the form of yeast-cells. The bacteria generally belong 
to one of the following genera: Leptothrix, Micrococcus, or Bacillus. The algz are 
monocellular, among them the genera Protococcus, Hematococcus and Coccochloris are 
represented. 
Juillet gives several methods for obviating the formation of such organisms, in ~ 
other words, for sterilising the waters. He describes an apparatus for laboratory-use 
with which it is easy to prepare absolutely sterile waters. Germ-free products may 
also be obtained by filtering through a Chamberland filter. Of importance also is the 
keeping of the sterilised waters, and this, by following Juillet’s directions, is easy 
accomplish. For a description of the various kinds of apparatus and stock-bottles 
we must refer to the original article, which contains several good illustrations of the 
apparatus recommended. 
Juillet’s investigations included distilled cherry-laurel water, orange flower water, 
lime-blossom water and rose water. 
Bibliography. 
A French translation of the second volume of the second Edition of Gildemeister’s 
book Die ctherischen Ole (The Volatile Oils) has just made its appearance. The title of 
the book is Les huiles essentielles, par E. GILDEMEISTER et Fr. HOFFMANN (Pp. 768, price 
in paper covers fcs. 21.50; cloth fcs. 25.—, Paris, J. B. Bailliére & Fils) and the trans- 
lation, like that of the first volume, is by G. Laloue. 
The 8th volume of the Handwérterbuch der Naturwissenschaften*) contains an article 
by E. Deussen on Perfume Bodies, and the 9th yolume of the same work an article 
on Terpenes by A. KOtz. 
We have further to refer to a report by W. Muller*) on progress in the domain 
of the Chemistry of the Terpenes and Aromatics (May 1912 to May 1913), and to an 
article by A. Reclaire*) on progress in the domain of the Volatile Oils and Aromatics. 
Two new parts have appeared of the work A critical revision of the Genus Eucalyptus, 
edited by J. H. Maiden. We refer to these parts on p. 61 under the heading 
“Eucalyptus Oil”. 
Analytical Notes. 
P. C. Chattopadhyay‘) reports on a simple apparatus called “Tailameter” (“Tatla” 
being Sanskrit for “oil”), the object of which is the rapid estimation of volatile oils in 
plants and spices, without recourse to ether or any similar extraction agent, such 
agents being scarcely employable in the tropics. The apparatus consists of a long- 
necked flask of which the neck is graduated in divisions of 4/10t cc. A swan-neck 
is luted to the bottom of the flask on the model of the Florentine flask, and this 
swan-neck can be closed by means of a cock. When the cock is open the capacity 
of the flask, which serves merely as a receiver, is 500 cc. 
1) Published by Gustav Fischer, Jena. — 2%) Fortschr. d. Chem., Phys. u. phystk. Chem. 8 (1913), 117. — 
*) Zeitschrift f. angew. Chem. 26 (1913), I. 617. — 4) Journ. Soc. chem. Industry 32 (1913), 968. From a reprint 
kindly sent to us. 
