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more  than  a  hundred  per  cent.  It  is  said  to  pay  the  producer  of  Cal- 
ifornia wines  to  send  his  wine  to  France  and,  having  the  label  changed 
and  translated  into  French,  bring  it  back  here,  pay  freights  and  double 
duty,  and  then  realize  one  hundred  per  cent,  on  the  transfers,  because 
the  consumer  considers  it  far  superior  to  our  wine.  Just  so  with  our 
neroli  and  the  orange-flower  water  and  fruit  juices.  Almost  all  the 
crude  material  for  citric  acid  is  imported.  This  need  not  be.  There 
is  abundance  to  be  had  in  the  South.  Florida  furnishes  flowers  suf- 
ficient for  America  for  the  oil  of  neroli,  orange-flower  water,  citric  acid, 
fruit  juice  and  oils  of  the  rind,  and  if  no  misfortune  happens  to  the 
sweet  orange  plantations,  there  will  soon  be  fruit  sufficient  for  the 
United  States  from  the  first  of  November  until  May. 
The  writer  made  several  experiments  with  orange  flowers.  When 
placed  in  the  direct  sunlight,  in  the  course  of  two  days  they  lose  all 
their  odor.  In  diffused  daylight  they  retain  it  for  at  least  three  days,  and 
in  a  dark,  humid  atmosphere  the  odor  is  quite  distinct  after  one  week. 
When  bruised,  they  lose  their  odor  in  half  of  the  time  stated.  The  writer 
had  no  means  for  experimenting  as  to  amount  of  volatile  oil,  but  he 
believes  that  the  better  plan  for  the  pharmasist  is  to  have  the  petals 
hermetically  sealed  and  to  make  his  preparations  direct. 
Orange-flower  water  is  one  of  the  most  agreeable  vehicles  for  nauseous 
medicines  that  we  have,  and  when  the  pharmacist  can  make  fresh  pre- 
parations they  will  be  fully  appreciated  and  the  expense  will  not  be  greater. 
The  syrup  of  either  flower  or  fruit  has  no  superior,  especially  the  syrup  of 
the  fruit.  A  honey  collected  from  orange  flowers  is  very  fragrant 
with  the  orange  odor.  The  flowers,  placed  in  tin  cans  and  sealed  up, 
are  known  to  have  retained  their  odor  unimpaired  for  nine  months. 
As  a  perfume  they  have  no  equal.  To  sit  under  a  tree  when  in  full 
bloom  is  delightful — the  fragrance  intoxicating.  If  any  one  has  made 
the  syrup  of  orange  from  the  fresh  juice  of  the  fruit  and  used  it,  he 
will  not  want  to  use  any  more  which  is  made  from  simple  syrup  and  a 
few  drops  of  the  oil  of  the  rind. 
