indifferent state af the aerials The propediee oF the two oils ~—e 
ester v. -" 
Bree diso ap “adie v. ester v. after acet. in 90 per c 
a S 1 0.849 < 44040’ (20%) 12. 19.) a9 6 vol. and 
Ve | All 0.8592 — 57.892 (25°) 1.4 O4 WB AS vol. and 
Oil of Mustard seed. In a paper by C. A. Huber and P. van der Wielen ) 
expressed oil of mustard seed and the composition of black mustard Sa we fin 
The determination was carried out after the maceration process, as described in 
German Pharmacopceia V. The following figures were found: — . 
. Origin : Percentage of fat _—of volatile off : 
Holland 2° f0 ne ET per cent. tee per cent. he aoe 
North Holland.” 2s 28. 
Foland: 2628 te cs ie ooh ime 1.07 3-555 
Russia Pa je Cosh hee ee ae 0.63%) @ sa 
Cavicasia ws 1/5 ott on ep Oree ae 1:07 oe oe 
Madly SEF oo ae ae ee SROs ee 0.87 i oe 
Sicily |... 829 
ROMANIA ~ 5°) ics eee ee eee 0,66 tr ve et 
Bowrbay:% le Ee ee eae eee ee TOL yee 
D. E. Tsakalotos*) has found from 1.13 to 1.21, average 1.17 per cent. of volatile | 
oil in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, Koch, N. O. Crucifere) cultivated ir : 
Greece. It consisted chiefly of allyl mustard oil. Boiling point 149 to 152° at 763 mm. 
dito 1.019; a +0; mpyo 1.537. ng OL a 
% p td See 
ee i ie Sens 
Oil of Neroli. Although this year’s blossoming season of the oeniee trees exceede 
expectations in France, the result, owing to a variety of unfavourable conditions, w 
anything but satisfactory®). After a prolonged rainy season the blossoms develope 
had come across from Italy this year were overwhelmed with work. The blossc 
had to be gathered even before they had fully opened, which had an a 
influence on the yield. SO 
In Golf-Juan Vallauris, the seat of the “Société coopérative de praduceane : 
propriétaires d’orangers des Alpes-Maritimes’? there was lack of water owing” O 2 
% defect in the supply-plant. In consideration of all these circumstances the price | 
the orange blossoms was fixed at 65 ——- per kilo. : on 
1) See Gildemeister and Hoffmann, The Volatile Oils, 2"4: ae vol. Il, p. 407. — 
Se (1915), 346. — 3). Pharm. Weekblad 52 (1915), 1410. From a reprint kindly sent us. 
et Chim. VII. 13 (1916), 78; Chem, Zentralbl. 1916, Il. 19. — 5) Parfum. moderne 9 oy 5 
