. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 496 OIL-BEARING PLANTS OIL-BEARING PLANTS Importation op Volatile Oils into the United States During the Year Ended June 30, 1905. Kind Quantity Value Bitter Anise seed Bergamot Cajeput Caraway Cassia and cinnamon . Camomile Citronella Fennel Jasmine Juniper Lavender and spike . Lemon Limes Orange flowers .... Orange Origanum Peppermint Rosemary Roses, Attar of . . Thyme Valerian All other essential oils and combinations. 13,785 pounds 39,112 pounds 64,549 pounds 22,082 pounds 28,269 pounds 46,473 pounds 56 pounds 649,113 pound
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 496 OIL-BEARING PLANTS OIL-BEARING PLANTS Importation op Volatile Oils into the United States During the Year Ended June 30, 1905. Kind Quantity Value Bitter Anise seed Bergamot Cajeput Caraway Cassia and cinnamon . Camomile Citronella Fennel Jasmine Juniper Lavender and spike . Lemon Limes Orange flowers .... Orange Origanum Peppermint Rosemary Roses, Attar of . . Thyme Valerian All other essential oils and combinations. 13,785 pounds 39,112 pounds 64,549 pounds 22,082 pounds 28,269 pounds 46,473 pounds 56 pounds 649,113 pounds 8,517 pounds 817 pounds 9,989 pounds 129,832 pounds 310,056 pounds 5,415 pounds 4,995 pounds 92,077 pounds 6,495 pounds 16,184 pounds 33,050 pounds 88,337 ounces 54,607 pounds 13 pounds $10,089 00 40,949 00 132,114 00 8,309 00 19,464 00 31,080 00 172 00 159,564 00 2,901 00 6,797 00 5,511 00 175,383 00 175,852 00 3,060 00 28,957 00 143,555 00 1,404 00 18,733 00 16,398 00 296,918 00 39,839 00 26 00 420,858 00 Total $1,737,933 00 Importation of Seeds from Which Volatile Oils are Distilled, During the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1905. Kind Quantity Value Anise Caraway 330,494 pounds 2,275,158 pounds $16,593 00 100,501 00 Coriander Fennel 1,037,866 pounds 125,858 pounds 47,861 00 5,308 12 Total 3,769,376 pounds $170,263 12 Uses of volatile oils. Volatile oils meet with a wide use in the making of perfumery, for which their pleasing odor and high degree of volatility render them especially valuable. They are used not only mixed in propor- tions designed to produce a given fragrance in the form of solutions seen in the usual commercial perfumeries, but they find their way into many other preparations in which pleasing odor is desired. Soaps alone make a striking illustration. As flavor- ing agents they play an important part in domestic economy. The "essences" of the kitchen, bakery and confectionary factory are in large part prepa- rations of such volatile oils as give the
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