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NOTES ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. 
Notes on Scientific Research in the Domain of the 
Terpenes and Essential Oils. 
: General. 
Prospects for the cultivation of aromatic plants in hei minor. 
_ Given the keen interest, which in consequence of the war is shown to the Orient, 
and taking into consideration the great importance which especially Asia minor will 
surely have for us in future, it is worth knowing what districts of it are suitable for | 
the cultivation of aromatic plants. According to K. Krause’) there are three climatic _ 
provinces, the outline of which is so pronounced as it is possible only in the temperate 
zones. On the North coast, there are moist, mild winters; in the interior, the climate — 
is distinctly continental; and in the Western part of the peninsula, which comprises - 
_ the mountainous slope of the highland towards the Mediterranean and the greater part 
of the South coast, the climate is pronouncedly mediterranean. Apart from the border 
zone, which generally occupies a narrow space only, there predominate in the lower, 
hotter and drier sites those evergreen, dense shrubs, which are characteristic for all 
mediterranean countries and are mostly named “‘Macchie”. They, as well as the carpets © 
of low, herbaceous plants occurring between them, are extraordinarily rich in odorific 
substances. Their region is the only one that might come into consideration for the 
cultivation of aromatic plants. 
Pharmacogeographical notes on essential oils and drugs. 
_ Numerous indications concerning products which are important for us are to be 
found in a treatise by H. Zérnig, entitled “notes on pharmacogeography’’?). In order 
to obtain highly reliable information, with due regard to the local conditions of the 
"districts concerned, on export, statistics, traffic, cultivation, 8c., he applied to a con- 
siderable number of export firms abroad and_to all the beara Consulates. In addition, - 
he availed himself of the official statistics of the German Empire as well as of foreign - 
countries, of private communications and of the latest literature in the domain of 
scientific journeys, applied botany and geography, but intentionally made little use of 
older works, as, no doubt, certain changes have taken place in the last fifty years. 
In Abyssinia, three regions are to be distinguished according to altitude; w7z., the 
“Kolla’ (up to 1700 m.), the “Woina-Deka’ (up to about 2600 m.) and the “Deka” (from and 
above 2600 m.). Fennel-flower-seed (Asmuth, from Nigella sativa, L., N. O. Ranunculacee) 
is grown in the “olla” and “Woina-Deka”’, Korarima cardamoms only in the “Kolla”’ 
and coriander in the “Woina-Deka”. In 1913, 1200 kilos of Korarima cardamoms were 
exported to Germany. Mustard (Senafitsch, from various Sinapis and Lepidiwm species) 
_ is worked by the aborigines themselves. Abyssinia is the chief exporting country for 
1) Deutsche Parf.-Ztg. 2 (1916), 241. — %) Arch. der Pharm. 264 (1916), 149. 
