of the oil in alcohol with other aromatics 
which are used as a palliative agent in 
nervous strain and mild colicky pains due 
to gas. Balm or Melissa Oil is also used 
as a pleasant aromatic and flavoring in- 
gredient of many medicines, liquors and 
cordials. Dose of the oil is one to two 
drops on sugar or in milk. Price $1.00 per 
1-oz. bottle. 
Balm Gilead Oil. See Poplar Oil. 
Banana Oil or Pear Oil is not an oil 
but, chemically, amyl acetate. It is used 
in flavoring liqueurs, candy, pastry, bever- 
ages and syrups. Technically it is used 
for dissolving celluloid, in lacquers, liquid 
bronzes, varnishes, etc. Price 50c per 
1-ounce bottle. 
Basil Oil is a sweet-scented, volatile 
oil distilled from Sweet Basil. It is used 
for flavoring and in perfumery. Dose: 
ines two drops. Price $6.00 per ounce 
ottle. 
Bear Oil is the animal fat or grease of 
the bear. This rather rare article is used 
an e hair pomade. Price 50c per ounce 
ottle. 
Note—We sell only the absolutely genu- 
ine Bear Oil. 
Bay Oil (Myrcia Oil), a volatile oil of 
aromatic, spicy aroma used almost exclu- 
sively in making of Bay Rum, the well- 
known toilet article used as refreshing 
perfume for nervous headache, deodorant 
sponge baths, as a hair application in oily 
scalp and loose dandruff, also as a pleas- 
ant, after-shaving application. Price of 
Oil, 1-ounce bottle, $1.00. Prick or Bay 
RuM, 75c per pint. 
Bergamot Oil is a volatile oil, expressed 
or distilled from the fresh rind of fruit 
of the Bergamot tree, belonging to the 
Citrus group, growing in Italy, Southern 
France and Portugal. It has a very pleas- 
ant, refreshing, citrus odor and the taste 
is pungent, bitter, aromatic. Medicinally, 
it has stimulating properties and it has 
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