[2] Gli ornamenti delle donne, tratti dalle seriture d'una Reina greca, par M. Giovanni Marinello in Venetia.

[3] Hager, Chemische Reactionen zur Nachweise des Terpentinoels in den aetherischen Oelen, etc. Berlin, 1885.

[4] Pharm. Centralh. 1888, S. 482 u. 555; 1889, S. 133.

[5] Compare Kremel's observations, p. 91.

[6] The manner of expelling the ether is of great influence upon the accuracy of the result. Though the non-aldehydes volatilize with difficulty, they are volatile, and hence the ether must be quickly expelled, and the beaker not allowed to stand longer upon the water-bath than necessary for the evaporation of the ether.

[7] See later on under "Balsams and Resins."

[8] This, however, applies only to Bulgarian oil; French and Saxon rose oils have a greenish color.

[9] Dingler's Polyt. Journ., 184, 367.

[10] Dingler's Polyt. Journ., 180, 77.

[11] The figures for free acids refer to cubic centimeters of cold, saturated, alcoholic solutions.

[14] By "best alcohol" is understood rectified alcohol of 95 to 97 per cent.

[15] Compare patchouli oil, p. 130.

[16] For all the tinctures, 95 to 97 per cent. alcohol of the best quality is to be used.

[17] By pine-leaf oil is understood pine oil or dwarf-pine oil. See p. 149.

[18] The better quality of oil from the East Indian wood is to be used.

[19] Bulgarian rose oil is generally designated "Turkish rose oil."

[20] This spinach extract unfortunately bleaches very rapidly when exposed to light, and the extraits colored with it acquire a dirty-brown color. Hence it is recommended to use the "green tincture," which can be purchased from the larger manufactories of volatile oils.

[21] The so-called liquid orris-root oil is not pure orris-root oil, but generally a distillate of orris-root with bergamot oil; there are, however, also products in which the orris root is distilled with copaiba balsam oil and cedar oil.

[22] Genuine horse fat is obtained from the upper portion of the neck of the horse.

[23] A pomade containing musk cannot be used by everyone, since in nervous persons it may readily cause headache.

[24] See foot-note, p. 257.

[25] For fine preparations, rose water is used; for ordinary, distilled water.