— Bo- 
as against 3676 kilos in 1902 
3028 „ „ 1901 
5346 „ „ 1900 
3534 „ „ 1899 
3430 „ „ 1898 
For the future course of the prices the weather-conditions during 
the next two months will be decisive. The distillation usually com- 
mences in the beginning of May. 
Rose Oil, artificial ''Schimmel & Co/' (German Patent 
No. 126736). The use of our original product is constantly growing. 
This proves conclusively that the introduction of this article of sterling 
value has filled a real want. We hereby recommend it most warmly. 
Rosemary Oil. For the Dalmatian product new competitors 
have come in the field, which has had the effect of rendering the pre- 
viously very independent producers a little more amenable. A pure 
quality, answering the most stringent requirements, was available in 
sufficient quantity. For this reason it makes an all the more disagreeable 
impression that there is still hawked about unblushingly a so-called 
rosemary oil for denaturating purposes, which is nothing but a fraction 
of oil of camphor, and which is sold at half the price of rosemary oil. 
The law only permits rosemary oil and not camphor oil, even though 
the latter may have approximately the same constants. To call such 
an oil rosemary oil is by itself already an act to which the term 
''dishonest competition" applies. But under no circumstances should 
it be designated as rosemary oil before the authorities, at the expense 
of those who only supply pure rosemary oil. ' We are about to call 
the attention of the highest Customs Authorities of the prevailing abuses, 
and will not rest until the matter has been thoroughly cleared up. 
French oil of rosemary of unobjectionable quality can only be 
obtained with difficulty. The best parcels can always be had immediately 
after the harvest. The tendency of the prices is upward. 
In a short note on rosemary oil. Pan coast and Graham also 
publish the results of an examination of a series of Italian and French 
oils of rosemary, without, however, further expressing an opinion on 
the quality of the oils. Of 15 samples examined, 6 oils were greatly 
adulterated, as is proved by the constants found by Pancoast and 
Graham, which differ considerably from those of normal distillates. 
Turpentine and camphor oils appear to have been used in these adulter- 
ations. This shows once more how the American market is often 
flooded with inferior products, and how necessary it is to exercise 
caution in the purchases. 
^) Amer. Journ. Pharm. 75 (1903), 453. 
