a its volume of 90 per cent. alcohol. 
or by weight is meant.) mete 
_ Nothing is altered in our opinion as ‘regards evaluation of y I 
at is not ot stated. 
referred to above. But we would like to eiiphasee once more ae 
been able to observe, in ylang oils of the very best class, all _the prop 
Gibbs indicates for the qualities “extra” and “I@”. On the. contrary, we | 
aa record that just the oils with particularly high ester content had to be cla 
inferior on account of their indifferent odour. That is reason enough for us to 
from accepting Jahrling’s and Gibbs’ opinion without more ado. ee ke 
Gibbs gives the following table of exports of ylang oils rom the Philippine i 
from 1909 to 1913: — pe: 
Quantity in Total value Price per. kilo eR ee 
kilos : Pesos!) _ Pesos?) = i ie re 5 
(009 ee 175872 62 oe 
1102s fee ABS 116668 62.42 ~~ se 
(990) ee Se 168 04808 °° = = 5630-7 ee 
(G42 ee, 2785 161758 58.08 
OS Ree ed gamer iy 116 618 63.70. 
Chemical Preparations and Drugs. : 
Oil of Almonds, expressed. Communications of general interest, of which 
give a short abstract herewith, are published in an article a the London ae . 
feiaiat of 15 to 25 feet. There are two classes of almonds ae as aaee! gee 
almonds (Amygdalus communis dulcis und A. c. amara), but no botanical difference 
been found to exist between either trees or fruits. It seems probable that ve 
original state the almond was bitter and that the sweet ACER ocean first a 
Ssnort’*), became established by cultivation. : 
— 1) 1 Philippine Peso = 50 American cents = # 2.10. — 2) Bull. Imp. Inst. 18 (19 
variation or aberration. < Se ee 
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