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Identifier: gardenerschronic335lond (find matches)
Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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take rootwhen placed in the soil. 130 TEE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. (FEBEDAEY 27, 1904. Before leiving the subject of camphor, it maybe well to mention the fact that about a yf ar agoa process was devised in America by whichcamphor could be made synthetically from turpen-tine, and though no sample has • et been seen inthe London market it is now stated that thecompany are now preparing at their New Yorkworks, machinery for producing 2,000,000 lb.per annum. Menthol. Menthol, or peppermint camphor as it is some-times called, ha3 become so well known as an anr- Inown in the market as Kobayashi crystals. Upto the actual commencement of hostilities, thisquality menthol had been selling in the marketat 16/6 to 10/9 per lb. It has since risen to17/0, and will probably command much higherprices. The oil, after the separation from itof the menthol, is also an article of exportfrom Japan. Vegetable-Wax. Of vegetable-wax it will suffice to say that thissubstance is produced from the small seed-like
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Fig. 53.—an equatorial African garden : natural fernery in aravine which is a favourite haunt of leorards. septic, stimulant, and carminative, as well as foroutward application in neuralgia and toothache,that any failure or shortness of supply will be amatter of considerable importance. The substancebegan to attract attention in this country in 1S79,and since then it has become an increasing articleof trade. It is a crystalline substance resemblingordinary camphor, and is obtained by cooling thevolatile oil from the fresh herb of Mentha arvensisvar. piperascens and var. glabrata. The bestquality menthol is that brought from Japan, and fruits of Ehus succedanea and E. vernicifera.The wax being doposited immediately under thethin skin which covers the fruits is easily separ-ated by boiling them in water, the wax floatingon the water in the process of cooling. It is usedin candle-making. Japan Ginger, though notequal in quality or value to that from Cochin orJamaica, may in course of t

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  • bookcontributor:UMass_Amherst_Libraries
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