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On page 9 of our previous Report, we mentioned some ‘cas 
been offered as camphor. If the’ admission of ‘such a substitute is : 
‘submitted to our analytical laboratories. It had not the slightest relation with ‘camphor, 
but was most likely an impure dipentene dihydrochloride, CioHie2HCl. We infer thi 
from the strong chlorine reaction and from the m. p. of the substance between 45 and 
49°, The sample being very, little, a closer investigation was out of the question. Weis. 
It is evident that such preparations are no substitutes at all for camphor, and it 
is unjustifiable to put them on the market, as much harm may be done by them, The — 
-only excuse would be, that the manufacturer was induced by the misleading and 
unfortunate designation of “artificial camphor” for pinene hydrochloride: to eR 
something similar. | ers 
rite pA ty 
As to the determination of the camphor content in Olewm aan see page 92, i 
of this Report. Er as 
Cardamom Oil. As it is known, two kinds of cardamoms are cultivated in 
southern India‘), i. ¢. the Mysore cardamoms with round, smooth capsules, and the ~ 
Malabar cardamoms with oblong rough capsules*). In the year 1914/1915, the exports e 
amounted to 5850 tons to the value. of § 75269, half of which went to Great Britain 
and 15 per cent. to Germany. The prices. were about 50 cents (American) per pound ~ 
of ordinary dry cardamoms and f'1 for bleached ones. Last year, $9.40 to 10.05 — 
were paid per maund of 25 lbs. The cardamom plant is indigenous in western and — 
southern India, where it is cultivated by natives as well ‘as by Europeans. It has been ~ 
impossible to determine the area under cultivation, but the increase in the prices 
during the last years has caused the plantations to be extended. The plant is fre- / 
quently put between tea and rubber plants, without demanding special care or even’ - 
artificial manuring. It bears already in the second year. The flowering time is in 
April or May and the fruits are collected in September or October. They are generally’ — 
dried in the shade in the open air, but some growers dry them in hot air chambers i 
and then bleach them with sulphur vapours. ' 
Chamomile Oil. On the cultivation of chamomiles, see page 78 of this Report. — 
Oil of Wild Cherry bark. Prunus virginiana belongs to the plants containing — 
amygdalin, the proportion being larger in the bark of the roots than in that of the — 
branches and smallest in the bark of the trunk. C. Verne Nichols) proved that this 
difference must be ascribed to the influence of sunlight. He examined the bark from 
the trunks of several trees and found that the parts from the side exposed to the 
sunshine contained */s more amygdalin than those from the other sa 3 a hie 
Oil of Chios Turpentine. As to the turpentine ees tree, we beg to refer. : 
to page 34 of this Report. | ‘Shean ; <a 4 
Cinnamon Oil, Ceylon. The decrease of cinnamon srowing in Ceylon seems % 
to be due in part to the introduction of the cuvation ‘of rubber ders and to the” ae 
Orient 3 (1918), AO. 
Zig. 33 (1918), 87. 
