4 Beecaied with most, sae the younger me es pate 
as long as ten days. In the first year the plants stood on mz 
meadow- land, and contained an ea nee perches 
Me conditions, so that finally the above- aoanen Heatley was ees fe Ost 
ie amounted to 22000 to 26000 levas the kilo, which in view of the rising in pric 
Bulgarian land products, can still be regarded as comparatively cheap. In add i 
R the high costs, and bearing in mind the exchange, the average selling price . 
ig to M. 22000 per kilo. With such a fantastic price, there was no especial in 
| buy observable, and it needs no affirming that the consuming circles as a ci 
turned more to the artificially wae attar of roses. Since see) traffic comn 
of certain Bulgarian producers for all kinds of adulterants, such as geraniol, citronetol, 
call for extreme caution when buying. os S ae ed } 
¥ 
UA “rose”-bank has been established in Bulgaria with a capital of 4000000 
German and French: a fourth of the capital was subsetibed by Bulgarian rose cul 
‘ and the remainder by financially interested parties’). - | apt t 
~ 
According to an English Note?) the falling’ in the price of § rose oil in 
ascribed to the circumstances that in France as well in America, the offers of E 
rose oil are greater than the demands. During the War considerable quant 
rose oil were obtained in France from the Rosa centifolia, L. which is ordinarily 
only for the preparation of rose water and rose pomade. After the raising of the 
_ Bulgaria delivered large quantities of rose oil to U.S. A. in order to exchange 
, From the following statisticsy which are taken from the report of 
specifically named, it is obvious the producHpy a rose us in Bulgaia has 
much since 1916. 
ws Rose Oil Production in Bulearteh | 
'. ' eh 1915 ~~ $916; 19073 1918 it 
3730. kg. 4100 kg. 3020 kg. 2560 a 
kind of ee ie that pays, ‘so iy Bulgaria ths 5 depots seem n to 
opinion that the cultivation of tobacco and cereals i is more fe prolitar 
3) Perfium, Record 10 ise 216. en Report os 42. — ne Chemist and 
