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comparatively little being taken in the European markets. It is 
greenish in colour before being rectified (owing to the use of a 
copper still) when it becomes clear or yellowish. Some years ago 
samples of Cajeput oil were made in Malacca from the trees grow- 
ing there by Mr. Derry, but for some reason or other the samples 
did not find favour with the trade, perhaps on account of their 
colour. 
Flower Scents. 
Acacia Farnesiana , Willd. a native of the West Indies, is 
one of the trees cultivated in the South of France for extracting 
the perfume of its flowers known as Cassie. The tree or rather 
shrub has established itself all over the warmer parts of the 
world and may often be seen on the sea coasts as it prefers 
open sandy places. It is readily grown from seed and attains a 
height of about io or 12 feet, producing usually abundance of the 
little yellow balls of blossoms whence the scent is derived, by the 
processes of maceration and enfleurage. J he flowers are macerated 
in olive oil or purified fat in which they are stirred about and left 
for a day then strained out, and more put in every day till the oil 
or fat is saturated with the scent. The pomade is then beaten up 
with strong alchohol, by machinery in drum-shaped copper cylinders, 
and after a time is allowed to seP’ ; the fat sinks and the alchohol 
now containing all the perfume is drawn off. In enfleurage the fat 
is put on panes of glass in frames like windows and the flowers 
put on and changed daily, till it is saturated with the scent and 
then the fat is treated as in the maceration process. 
Ylang-ylang oil is obtained from the sweet scented flowers of the 
Kenanga Cananga adorata , Rumph, a big tree belonging to the 
order Anonacesc. The oil is distilled in the Philippines and Java 
only, though the tree is common in cultivation in the Straits Set- 
tlements and could be planted to any extent. The tree is raised 
easily from seed, and attains the height of 50 or 60 feet with a 
smooth stem. It is probably native in Tenasserim, but I have not 
seen an ything to show that it is wild in the Malay Peninsula. The 
flowers are large about 4 inches across, with six lanceolate green 
petals becoming yellow when fully opened. During distillation 
two oils are obtained, the first that comes over is ylang-ylang, the 
second known as Cananga oil, the former being the finest. The 
amount of oil produced by the distillation is rather small being 
about* i per cent. It is much used for hair oil, and perfumery and 
the Macassar Hair oil is said to consist of the flowers of Cananga 
and Champaca macerated in coconut oil (Guibourt Comptes Ren- 
dus, 1873). 
Y lang-Y l ang— “The Ylang-Ylang, or sometimes spelled Ilang- 
Ilang, while indigenous to many parts of tropical Asia, reaches its 
greatest perfection in the Philippine Islands, where it is a favorite 
among the natives. Besides its value as an attar in preparation 
for the hair and toilet waters, it is also claimed to possess curative 
virtues in tooth and other aches and pains. In a preparation of 
