THE  PARIS  EXPOSITION. 
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violet,"  derived  from  the  methyl  anilin  and  dimethyl  anilin  of  Dr.  Hofl- 
maaii.  Those  who  have  compared  the  display  of  anilin  colors  of  1862, 
at^London,  with  that  of  186  7,  observed  a  wonderful  improvement  and  ex- 
tension, and  they  now  include  nearly  all  the  colors  of  the  spectrum. 
Class  44  includes  a  large  number  of  French  pharmaceutical  speciali- 
ties, not  a  few  of  which  must  be  classed  with  quackeries.  Allied  to  these 
is  the  "  oil  of  horse-chestnuts,"  of  JM.  Genevoix,  which  he  advertises  for 
rheumatism.  It  is  made  by  saccharizing  the  fecula  of  the  kernels  of 
horse-chestnuts,  probably  by  the  action  of  dilute  sulphuric  acid,  when 
the  fixed  oil  separates  and  floats  on  the  solution,  and  is  removed.  Ho- 
raolle,  of  Paris,  the  discoverer  of  digitalin,  exhibits  that  substance,  and 
Winsbach,  of  Metz,  a  good  display  of  dried  plants  for  medicinal  use. 
As  a  whole,  the  French  Exhibition  of  Class  44  was  very  extensive  and 
excellent,  and  said  to  be  the  largest  display  of  chemicals  ever  brought 
together  by  a  single  nation.  Classing  them  in  groups,  they  included 
large  chemicals,  anilin  colors,  varnishes,  albumen  and  gelatin  prepara- 
tions, paints,  stearin  and  wax  products,  "  insecticides,"  caoutchouc  pre- 
parations, soaps  and  pharmaceutical  preparations,  in  which  are  included 
the  fine  chemicals. 
Perf  umery. — In  the  line  of  perfumery  and  odors  the  French  greatly 
excel  all  other  nations,  and  although  considered  as  a  separate  class 
(xxv),  will  here  be  noticed  as  allied  to  pharmacy.  The  business  of 
perfumery  consists  of,  1st,  the  production  of  original  perfume  oils,  spirits 
and  fat  odors,  and  2d,  the  preparation  of  these  in  a  hundred  different 
ways  for  the  toilet.  The  country  lying  between  Montpellier  and  Nice  is 
adapted  to  the  raising  of  flowers,  and,  in  fact,  by  far  the  larger  portion 
of  the  exteusive  products  of  the  Parisian  laboratories  come  originally 
from  the  southern  slopes  of  the  Maritime  Alps  at  Nice,  Grasse,  Cannes^ 
etc.  The  exports  of  French  perfumery  amount  to  three  millions  of  dol- 
lars, over  and  above  the  immense  amount  consumed  in  that  country, 
'  whilst  the  imports  were  only  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  in  1866. 
Among  the  exhibitors  of  original  products,  A.  Chiris,  of  Grasse^  was 
prominent,  exhibiting  pomades,  perfumed  oils,  essences  and  distilled 
waters.  He  has  a  branch  garden  in  Algeria,  which  French  colony  has  a 
climarte  well  adapted  to  this  business.  Similar  products  were  exhibited 
by  D.  Semeria  &  Co.,  successors  of  Rimmel,  of  Nice,  J.  Mero  &  Co.,  of 
Grasse,  M.  Fouque,  of  Nice,  and  M.  Berjot,  of  Caen,  but  the  more  nu- 
merous exhibitors  were  those  who  made  secondary  products.  Among 
these  Rimmel  made  the  greatest  display,  had  a  fountain  of  scented  water, 
and  in  the  Park  had  a  little  kiosk,  where  the  process  of  distillation, 
enfleurage  and  other  processes  of  the  perfumer  were  exhibited.  Piesse  & 
Lubin,  Coudrcy,  Fiver,  Guerlain  and  others,  too  numerous  to  mention, 
displayed  a  numberless  variety  of  perfumes,  pomades  and  articles  per- 
taining to  the  toilet.  We  may  return  to  this  subject  in  a  future  article; 
after  a  notice  of  the  British  and  German  sections. 
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