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not been met with last year. Our \'ery large stock consists exclusively 
of such. 
The same is the case with gingergrass oil, which has never 
before been of such good quality, or so moderate in price. Efforts 
made to ascertain further particulars as to the origin of this oil have 
remained unsuccessful, and for this reason no guarantee can be given 
of either the origin or the uniform composition of the supplies. But 
in any case, the parcels at present in stock do not appear to contain 
foreign admixtures. We are earnestly continuing our efforts to elucidate 
the existing mystery, and, as has been the case with so many other 
products of Asia, they are bound to lead at last to the desired end. 
Jasmine Oil *^Schimmel & Co." The consumption of this 
perfume, wiiich we were the first to produce and introduce into 
commerce, is constantly increasing, no matter what the result may be 
of the harvest of jasmine -flowers in the South of France. At the 
same time, the prices of the flowers may be influenced to a certain 
extent by the competition of the artificial oil, and it would not sur- 
prise us if an improvement of the natural products from jasmine- 
flowers by means of the artificial oil were found to be practical, and 
would become more general. 
Oil of Juniper-Berries. The reports from Hungary announc- 
ing a failure of the harvest of juniper -berries, have been fully con- 
firmed. For the first time in our long experience there has been a 
lack of Hungarian oil of juniper-berries, i. e., the oil which is obtained 
as a by-product in the "Borowiczka" - distillation. This oil is not 
normal, but has had the best readily soluble portions abstracted by 
the brandy. But w^hen the demands are not too high, it is very useful 
when rectified, and under the designation "rectified" it represents the 
ordinary commercial quality of this article. 
Normal pure distillates from berries are our two first qualities; 
these are distilled by ourselves from the best Italian berries, rich in 
aroma, and most carefully purified. This kind of berries, as is well 
known, is also preferred for the finest brands of geneva. We have 
used these exclusively this year, as Hungary had practically nothing 
at disposal for exportation. 
Kaempferia Oil. Some time ago^) P. van Romburgh detected 
in the essential oil of Kaempferia Galanga L., ethyl p-methoxy cinnamate 
as principal constituent. When recently examining the liquid portions 
of the oil, the same author 2) obtained a fraction boiling between 155 ^ 
and 165^ (30 mm), which could be split up by saponification into 
Report October 1900, 38. 
On some further constituents of the essential oil of Kaempferia Galanga L. 
Kon. Akademie van AVetenschappen, Amsterdam, May, 1902, 618. 
