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and  in  the  litoral  of  the  province  of  Constantine,  near  Philippeville 
and  Bougie  (Charabot  and  Gatin,  p.  289).  Exact  accounts  regard- 
ing the  cultivation  in  the  province  of  Alger  are  found  in  Ducellier. 
The  amount  of  hectares  under  cultivation  is  as  follows: 
Rovigo,     )  (  250 
Chebli,  >■  South  of  Alger  in  the  plain  of  Metidja  <  210 
Boufarik,  »  (  200 
Bouira,  123  km.  to  the  east  of  Alger,  160 
Mouziaville,  west  of  Blida,  45 
Plantations  are  also  found  on  the  hills  in  the  west  and  south- 
west of  the  town  of  Alger,  at  a  small  distance,  near  Staoueli,  Rivet, 
Bourkika  and  Cheragra. 
To  Reunion  the  cultivation  spread  not  before  1880.  The  mild 
climate  of  the  island  is  well  suited  to  the  plant.  There  it  is  found 
in  heights  of  from  400  to  1200  meters,  where  neither  sugar-cane, 
manioc,  nor  vanilla  (Cordemoy,  pp.  1 70-171)  can  be  grown.  The 
cultivation  was  favored  by  the  sugar  crisis  of  1904- 1906.  Until  re- 
cent years  the  lease  was  such  that  the  owner  of  the  plantation  re- 
ceived two-thirds,  the  farmer  one-third  of  the  net  profit. 
In  the  Spanish  province  of  Granada,  experiments  were  made 
regarding  the  cultivation  of  the  plant  about  the  year  1890.  Two 
firms  engaged  in  the  distillation  of  the  oil,  producing  about  300 
kg.  (Schimmel,  Ben,  1896,  p.  33).  Although  the  quality  of  the  oil 
was  in  part  excellent  (Schimmel,  Ber.,  1894,  II,  p.  22),  the  area  of 
cultivation  did  not  increase,  owing  to  the  competition  of  the  prod- 
ucts of  the  French  colonies,  but  it  is  kept  up  to  this  day  (Charabot 
and  Gatin,  p.  289). 
Concerning  the  cultivation  of  the  plant  on  the  Isle  of  Corsica  I 
have  not  been  able  to  obtain  information. 
In  the  Jewish  colonies  of  Asia  Minor,  Rischon  le  Zion  and 
Petach-Tikwah,  there  are  plantations  which  were  founded  by  Baron 
Rothschild  (cf.  Ruppin,  Seifensieder  Zeitung,  XLIV,  1917,  p.  74, 
reference  in  Schimmel,  Ber.,  1917,  I-II,  p.  ill). 
Of  the  products  mentioned  the  Spanish  and  the  French  oil  are 
preferred;  they  are  exported  almost  exclusively  to  France,  Amer- 
ica and  Russia  (Charabot  and  Gatin,  p.  293).  It  has  been  proposed 
to  cultivate  the  rose-geranium  also  in  other  countries ;  for  instance, 
in  Australia  and  Mexico  (Perfumery  and  Essential  Oil  Record, 
III,  1912,  p.  242).    In  Limaru,  British  East  Africa,  cultivation  ex- 
