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of anthranilic acid ester 5,1 per cent. From the waste blossoms of 
the enfleurage process a further small quantity of essential oil could 
be obtained by extraction and steam distillation, so that it can be 
calculated that the enfleurage method yields in all 13,32 times more 
essential oil than the extraction of fresh blossoms. 
It follows from the foregoing that during the treatment with fat, 
the tuberose blossoms, like the jasmine-blossoms, still develop quite 
considerable quantities essential oil. This shows that in the blossom 
industry, since olden times, the enfleurage method in a wholly empirical 
manner has been discovered and employed, as the process which is 
undoubtedly the most rational one for the production of many 
blossom odours. 
In the pomade oil Hesse could still prove the presence of methyl 
ester of salicylic acid, which could not be detected in the extract oil. 
An attempt made by him to obtain the essential oil of tuberose 
blossoms by distillation of the fresh blossoms with steam, yielded a 
distillation product with an offensive odour, which was not examined 
further. 
Wintergreen Oil, natural. Recent shipments made by our 
New York branch are decidedly cheaper, and we are thereby in a 
position to reduce our quotations. 
At present the lowest price would be 13 marks per kilo, in bond 
at Hamburg. 
Our method of packing in cases of 6 X 6 lb. glass-bottles ensures 
a perfectly colourless oil, whereas packing in tins is not recommended 
for this article. 
Wormwood Oil. We shall soon again be able to supply, at 
a cheap rate and in excellent quality the American oil, which at one 
time we used to keep in stock, as this year's distillation is said to have 
given very good results. 
Cultivation trials, which we have carried on for several years in our 
experimental plantations here, may possibly be concluded in the course 
of next year, and, as far as can be judged, may lead to the introduction 
of the cultivation of wormwood on a large scale. 
Ylang Ylang Oil, Sartorius. By forcing the distillation, our 
friends in Manila have been able to expedite the shipments to some 
extent, so that we are now at last, after many years, once more in 
a position to dispose of some original cases. At our urgent representations 
the manufacturers have agreed to a slight reduction in the price, although, 
as they assure us, there are absolutely no grounds for it, as the severe 
competition in the purchase of the flowers continues, and the demand 
for the fine essence is exceedingly brisk. As a rule it increases largely 
up to shortly before Christmas. 
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