n together, when | the tine. constituted about two 
— Chic 1s. exported 219440 kg. in 1906, 190020 ig. in 1907, 219230 
ar 238200 kg. in 1909. During the 5 or 6 last years, the crops amounted to 
lore than 350000. kg. ‘and have decreased since then. continuously, whereas the 
re rising. The 1913 crop, estimated at about 200000 to 225000 kg. only, was 
cially small. In 1914, the ‘crop | left again much to be desired, but there was too a 
ee in slackness in the eee as ner: began to suffer under the difficulties of i a 
gee ‘The best akties are Seansnarehe tears or oblong. GEST pieces of only 
t 9 2 cm. in diameter and, which look HN: greenish in a Hest State. This eisese 
! oa ‘soil. and aa eae eS da! te Aes ae 
Mastic played an papdriant part « asa medicine in former eiies and the physi- ! 
; of the Middle Ages. praised its healing. power. It was! chiefly used for chewing. — 
erly, | the absolutely pure, so-called harem: quality was not on the market at all, for 
sustoms officers. took it all to. send it to ‘the Turkish court, the average Hupnity 
about 60000 Ibs. a; . 
P. terebinthus, oe also called turpentine tree, occurs “Already near Bozen and. in the 
1 of France, but there it neither furnishes resin nor edible fruits. Near Constantinople, | 
tree attains a considerable hight. : fat Pal | nea, 
‘In addition to the. turpentine pine (Pinus facea)i Pistasse ferebinthus comes into | 
eration for the: production of turpentine in Chios, The method is the same as — 
nh ther. trees. ‘In Turkey, holes are made into the trunk, instead of incisions only, 
ne resin is collected on flat. dishes put underneath. bis : ; vn 
-E Sernagiotto and N. Vita’) obtained about 0.5 per cent. of a suplattecat oautiiane 
ae poms on cere one oe oil of mastic tree. seeds with steam. he 
y LOPES “$202 we ee ‘the oil from tne de ‘roots of the. same herb sad 
ceeded in obtaining 0.67 per cent. of. a dark yellow oil, viscid or even solid at 
inary temperature; do100. 999. The new oil, from the the fresh roots (yield, 0.48 per cent.) 
ved ‘decidedly different; it was limpid, orange-yellow, and had the constants: — 
Be 0 o007, dy — 1955’; nao t 01898; acid v. 10.3; ester,ive bl 2. The oil was 
ifficiently soluble in 10 vols. 80 per cent. alcohol, but easily soluble in 0.3 and 
> -vol. 90 per cent. alcohol; the diluted solution, however, was not clear, but 
wed very slight opalescence. The roots had - been collected in the Saxon \“Ere- 
ge”, 3 in the sgh Ue 2 ee, 1918. hee! ay | Mi 
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; fe Mustard Oil. wine « to the iicreased demand for fatty caine seed oil, the area 
inder cultivation with ig abe in Russia: has been extended ae 25 per cent. Whereas 
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