“A reat pantianes for the peecnerity and the bev Seebeck of the italian: industry 
of aromatics is the Italian law regarding alcohol, although in decrees of 1905 a partial 
estitution of the relative taxes in favour of this industry has been provided for. 
E M. Holmes?) publishes an abiclé on | the cultivation of aromatic plants in Italy, 
in 1 which he not only ‘discusses the herbs and shrubs which are cultivated already, 
also” those which either grow wild in sufficient number or might be cultivated 
‘there. It is doubtful, whether all the numerous plants mentioned are of real interest, © 
cal pparently Holmes’ treatise is to be taken more as a suggestion for the Italians, how 
to make > proper use of the ressources of their country. In any case, we would 
recommend pape the article to everybody interested in the Italian flora. 
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<4 trus essences. In 1913, Italy’s exports of cline. essences”) were: — | ee 
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3 ‘Lemon essence . . . 456303 kos. to ue value of 6844545 Lire, 
ys = - Bergamot PSEC Me OMI ik ath yc © al a) 3911766 ,., 
eeememanne esschice .~  A8103. 4 is, (1010103. , 
Meet ee Mandtancssence 918 i 2021S 4 |, 
ae Other | weitrus essences © 1197, on) yy, 38304), 
Of the. exports of lemon: peel essence, 40 per cent. went ‘to the United States, 
e farther AO per cent. to ‘England, Germany and France, England being responsible for 
2 pout half of it. As bergamot essence, 40 per cent. went to France and 25 per cent. 
to England. Orange essence was exported to the United States, Denmark and Germany, 
sach country receiving about +/s (*/s2) of the total. The chief producers are the Citrus 
Dil Company and the “Soc. Commercio Derivati Agrumari“, both in Acireale, and these 
Pp roducts served for. preparing Eau de Cologne. Before the war, certain quantities of 
thes e essences were imported, for instance 16180 kilos in 1906, as compared with | 
only 2800 kilos in 1913. This decided decline of the import of essences and the 
trifling quantities of fruit bought from foreign essence factories prove the development 
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AS far as figures are available, the exports’) of citrus essences were as follows: — 
‘Bergamot essence Lemon essence / 
=k kos. Aa RAG Lay oe KOSE ; ; 
oe me A LOO! 255s, 157 165 055522 — 
Bie MA ones TN ss x A338 799 522486 3 
» January 1918 . . 8163 23144 ! 
', February 1918 . 10639 ~ OO306" 24 ey 
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AS | Prices. The Messina quotations in 1918 were: — ye 
_ Bergamot essence (basis 38) Lire 22.50 per Italian pound, lemon essence 
80 per cent. citral 4 Lire, 4 percent. citral Lire 4.25, sweet orange essence 11 Lire, 
bitter - orange essence 10 Lire, mandarin essence Lire 18.50. 
“On February 15th, Messina quoted: — | f 
_ Bergamot essence (basis 38) 19 Lire per Italian epee lemon essence 3.80 per cent. 
it ral Lire 3.20, 4 per cent. citral Lire 3.50, sweet Dee ae essence 10 Lire, bitter orange 
ice 8 Lire, mandarin essence 20 Lire. 
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Be. 1) Porfum: ‘Record 10 (1919), 33. — %) As per reports from Bern, Nachr. f. Handel, Ind. u. Landw. 1919, 
0. 58, page 4. (The technical terms which are not usual here have been copied Hibstallye) — ) See also 
page 22 of this gf 
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