Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-02-06
GROWING YLAnG-YLANG
Facts About a Profitable Indus
try In the Philippines.
TREE OF GREAT ECONOMIC VALUE

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$40 to $55 n Pound. and the supply
Does Not Equal the Demand-Also
Possesses Some Curative Virtues In
Tooth and Other Aches.
From official material in the division
of insular affairs, war department, b
following information has beer com
piled in response to inquiries from
many sources, particularly with refer
ence to the costly altar Of y~lang-ylang,
says the Washington Star:
Among the numerous trees Of eco
nomic value in the Philippines are
many varieties from which essences or
essential oils may be extracted. Those
only used in the present state of the in
dustry are the yl~ang-ylang, sampaguita
and champaca.
The ylang-y1ang G1angi1ang) is a
cultivated and wild tree often attain
ing a height of sixty feet, botanically
known as Cananga odorata Hook) or
Unona odoratissima Bl.), belonging to
the custard apple family, producing
leaves 2h by 6 inches and dropping
green1sh yellow flowers three inches
1OAS LII Va SAo 4Ao A0S4oA~Sy
from which the celebrated altar Of
ylang-ylang, cananga oil or oleum ano-
na is distilled. The mountain trees
produce the best results. The essence
Is exported to France, England, Stnga-
pore and China, the United States de-
mand being small.
The sampagu1ta (Jasminum sambac.
L. L. q plant belonging to the family
oleaceee, producing white flowers from
which a highly priced perfume essence
Is extracted by ~disttllation. The cham
paca (Michelia champaca, L. Is a gar
den plant belonging to the family mag
noliace@, attaining a conical shaped
height OF thirteen feet. The flowers,
about an inch in length, are very fra
! grant and produce by distillation q
| well known essence
The popularity of violet as the latest
favorite in the list of perfumes is
threatened by the altar of ylang-ylang
| Of the Philippines. Colonia agrippina.
the choice perfume Of the Romans, so
! named in honor of the wife of the En-
peror Claudius, after enjoying in mod
ern times an unrivaIed lead for nearly
| two centuries as the eau de cologne,
| from the city of the Rhine, the first
place of it's modern manufacture on an
| extensive scale, yielded to the more
i lasting fragrance of the sachet in evil
dence in all forms, in all places and
among all classes and conditions Of
| ONE
The altar of roses, the famed essen
tial oil Of the damask rose of Kazan-
lik, on the sunny slopes of the Balkans,
dnds in the Philippine product it's
equal in perfume, a better yielder Of
essence from the flower and therefore
a less costly basic essence for the per-
tuners art.
The ylangylang, or sometimes spell
ed ilang-ilang, while indigenous to
many parts Of tropical Asia, reaches
its greatest perfection in h Philip
pine Islands, where it is a favorite
among the natives. Besides it's value
as an altar in preparations for the hair
and toilet waters, it is also claimed to
possess curative virtues in tooth and
other aches and pains. The perfumers
of Europe and to a less degree Of the
United States make it the base Of some
of their most costly extracts. The Ma
Mia oil is practically without compe-
tition in the markets of the western
nations on account of superiority and
at from $40 to $50 a pound is unequal
to the demand.
|. The tree. common to many localities
south of Manila, is found chiefly in the
we'll populated provinces and islands,
it being said to thrive best near the
habitations Of man. The propagation
in plantations by seed or cuttings
| about twenty feet apart each way. 1Oo
trees to the acre. is easy. and the
! growth is rapid in almost any soil. The
, first flowers ppear in the third year.
! the eighth yielding often as high as a
hundred pounds. the bloom occurring
in every month. The greatest yield is
from July to December.
The process of converting the long,
greenish yellow fragrant petals of the
flower into essence is by the simplest
form Of distillation, no chemicals OF
any kind being required, simply water
and the choicest flowers. The oil will
vaporize in a closed boiler at 900 de-
grees f. The usual results follow.
The best quality must be clear as dis
titled water and fragrant. The second
| quality is yeIlowish and smoky. The
oil is drawn from the bottom of a
glass separator, the water remaining.
The oil is filtered through talcum and
ready for the market, being packed In
glass bottles, commands ready pur'
chasers.
About seventy-fve pounds Of flowers
yield one pound Of oil. lowers are
: worth from 8 to Is cent q gold per
J pound, and the cost of ma fracture is
/ placed at 81 a pound. The yield in the
case of altar Of roses is small, LOT
| pounds Of rose leaves producing but
one ounce If oil
:. There are Towering groves in many
parts of southern Luzon and the Visay'
an islands which may be leased. The
vicinity of Manila is particularly wei