Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1902-01-24

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Possesses some Curative Virtues In
Toatli and other Aches.
Froil ttsIcial material In the division
of iusuIar affairs, war department. tn.
following information has been com
piled in response TO inquiries from
many sources. particularly with refer
ence 10 the costly altar of ylang- Wang
SAYS the Washington Star:
Among the numerous trees OF eco
nomic value in the Philippines are
many varieties from which essences oil
essential oils may be extracted. Thes.
only used in the present state of the in
dustry are the ylang ylang, sampa guits
and champaca.
The Wang ylang Glang-ilangl is
cultivated and wild tree often attain
ing a height of sixty feet, bOtanically
known as Cananga odorata tHooki oi
Unona odoratissima (BIl. belonging &c
The cnstard apple family. producing
leaves % by d inches and droaFans
greenish yellow flowers three inches
long and of extraordinary fragrance.
from which the celebrated altar OF
ylang-ylang cananga oil or oleum ano
np is distilled. The mountain trees
produce the best results. The essence
is exported TO France, England. Singa
pore and China. the United States de
mand being small
The sampaguita (Jasminum sambac
L. is a plant belonging To the famil.
oleacee. producing white flowers from
which a highly priced perfume essence
is extracted by distillation. The cham
paca (Michelia champaca. L. is a gar
den plant belonging to the family mag
noliacea. attaining conical shaped
height of thirteen feet. The flowers
about an inch in length. are very fra
grant and produce by distillation a.
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 its modern manufacture on an
extensive scale. yielded to the more
lasting fra GRANGE of the sachet in EVIL
dence In all forms. in all places and
among all classes and conditions of
women.
The attar of roses. the famed essen
tial oil of the damask rose of Kazan-
Xix. on the sunny slopes of the Balkans.
finds in the Philippine product its
equal in perfume. better yielder of
essence from the flower and therefore
a less costly basic essence for the per- |
tuners art.
The ylang ylang. or sometimes spell |
nd iIang-ilang, while Indigenous to |
many parts of tropical Asia. reaches |
its greatest perfection in the Philip |
pine Islands. where it is a favorite |
among the natives. Besides its value /
as an altar in preparations for the hair |
and toilet waters. il is also claimed to |
possess curative virtues in tooth and /
other aches and pains. The perfumers
IF Europe and to a less degree of the
United R-es make ii the base of some
IF 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
1T from $40 TO $50 pound is unequal
10 the demand
The tree. common to many localities
south of Manila. is found chiefly in the
we'll populated provinces and islands,
/ being said TO thrive best near the
IA Affiliations of man The propa ga ton
n plantations by seed or cuttings
bout twenty feet apart each way. los
rees to the acre. is easy. and the
growth is rapid in almost any soil The
irst flowers appear i'm the third year.
he eighth yielding often as high as
pounds. the bloom occurring
n every mouth The greatest yield is
rom July to Ieceulber
The process of converting the b1ng.
.reenish yellow fragrant petals of the
lower into essence is by the simplest
orm of diStillation. no chemicals of
my kind being required simply water
md the choicest flowers. The oil will
-aporize in closed boiler at 90 de-
.rees f. The usual results follow
The best quality must be clear as dis
illed water aud fragrant. The .eco1ld