foe oe in whe two Sehr laa cadinene and PUBIEHS. 
* = Be asa Aigderake Unigiecant, “The casks ne of fresh eryotonieias wood sie 
only a special flavour to hey but add also pansiierahin to its keeping qualifies. 
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_ about a per cent. of foreign seeds (apparently from a species: of Galiwm), has been 
yr seilow oil with the following constants: — disc 0.956, @p-+ 1930’, ipso 1.10% soluble 
ins 11 vol. of 80 per cent. alcohol. The oi! held 52 percent. of aldehydes. A vee 
oil which had been examined “on an. earlier occasion revealed the constants: — 
content, 47 per cent. Both oils. differ in their ‘constants _ rather. widely from the 
E _ content: (phenylhydrazine method) 35 to 42 per cent. . ' 
content. As is generally known, neither the bisulphite. nor the sulphite methods lead 
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ae -arcely soluble in 10 vols. 80 per cent. alcohol, and.contained geranyl acetate, probably 
also gerany! butyrate. Of the oil, 30 per cent. boiled from 156 to 160°, it smelled of - 
oni itrosochloride, m. p. 104°, and consists, according’ to pan and ae of ee Pies 
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is “remarkable for its particularly high rotation such as never ‘been observed hitherto, 
oe constants ranged as follows: — d 0.895 to 0.897, «p-+ 83 to +88°, Np 1.481 to. Haee 
For comparison, we cite here the constants of dill oil of English and other origin: — 
“dino 0.895 to 0.9245, 4) -+70 to +820, fips00 1.484 to 1 490%), ie Ret ae : 
The oil distilled i in England, according to the same source, varies from season to season 
in physical characters and carvone content. | The fruits. do not ripen at the same time, 
and the herb is generally cut and packed in stacks for the fruit to ripen before they are 
"separated for the distillation of the oil. The carvone ‘content of the oil obtained from 
A oa grown in hot summers is s usually scan there that produced in cold or wet : summers. 
by ote jotbonaeh: 1916, No. 413; Apotheker— zg, 32 (1917), 563. — 2), Bull. Imp. Inst. 15 5 (1917), 302. — 
p. Gildemeister and Hoffmann, Die atherischen ‘Ole, 2nd edition, vol. Ill, p. 336., — *) Proceed. Royal Soc. 
8 es. W. 50 (1917), 181; Perfum. Record 8 (1917), 305, 355. — 5) Perfum., Record 8 heh 349..— &) Comp. 
: em icister and Hoffmann, Die atherischen Ole, a ed., vol. Ml, 1 399. : 
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‘ia te li to N. Yoshida’), for storing Heed. ies 
e made of the wood of Cryptomeria japonica, The wood of this 
ae istilled in the London Imperial Institute ). The sample yielded 3A per cent. of a light- 
commercial oils, whose constants. are: — “diso 0.900 to 0.930, My + 3°20' tee Oe 
: “Myo 1. 494 to 1.507, soluble in 3 to 10 vol. 80 per cent. alcohol and more; idee 
: Ss _ Nothing is stated as to how the Imperial genie has | jestiniated” the 5 aitetiede? 
5 to satisfactory results with cumin oil, The: determination by means of the phenyl 
seine method, however, gives ane concordant within : or 2 per cent. i OSE oe 
? fe Oi of Darwinia grandiflora. From the even of Darwima grandiflora, which i es | 
consider | as genuine species. ‘whereas Bentham treats | it for a variety of D.taxifolia, ¢ — 
 R a: Baker and H.G. Smith“) obtained a red volatile oil ‘ins a yield of 0. 2: per cent... The = tas 
om aterial for distillation had been collected at the- Hawkesbury River, BES. Wins Nos ye 
ember 1917. The oil had the constants: — d 0.915, Oye 2a.1o ‘fn ts 4773, ester v. 100. 4, 
_ as well as for its comparatively low specific gravity and low refractive index. The , 
eh Oil. A cane of cumin seeds eee from. Cyprus, icbicke contained fe 
i : “Dill Oil “English: As we gather from. a British periodical’), the 1917 English oil i. 
 dy500.953, ap +1939’, “Mp 1.514, “soluble in 1.2 vol. 80 per cent. alcohol; cnduse ss 
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_ pinene and had the constants: — diso 0.872, ay + AY 62, Np 1 4085. The fraction Sives’ aon. 
