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Wild Volatile-Oil Plants and Their Economic Importance: I.—Black Sage; II.—Wild Sage; III.—Swamp Bay

Wild Volatile-Oil Plants and Their Economic Importance: I.—Black Sage; II.—Wild Sage; III.—Swamp Bay

by Frank Rabak

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Author
Rabak, Frank, 1881-1957
Title
Wild volatile-oil plants and their economic importance : I.—Black sage; II.—Wild sage; III.—Swamp bay
Original Publication
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1912.
Credits
Charlene Taylor, Shawn Carraher and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
SB: Agriculture: Plant culture
Subject
Aromatic plants -- United States
Category
Text
eBook-No.
78246
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78246
Release Date
March 19, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.WILD VOLATILE-OIL PLANTS AND THEIR ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: I.—BLACK SAGE; II.—WILD SAGE; III.—SWAMP BAY.
  2. 2.BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
  3. 3.LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. 6.TABLES.
  7. 7.WILD VOLATILE-OIL PLANTS AND THEIR ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: I.—BLACK SAGE; II.—WILD SAGE; III.—SWAMP BAY. — DISTRIBUTION OF WILD AROMATIC PLANTS.
  8. 8.PRESENT PRODUCTION OF VOLATILE OILS FROM WILD PLANTS NATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES.
  9. 9.CLASSIFICATION OF VOLATILE OILS BASED ON THEIR ODORS AND CONSTITUENTS.
  10. 10.COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE OF VOLATILE OILS AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
  11. 11.PLANT SOURCES OF CAMPHOR, BORNEOL, AND CINEOL (EUCALYPTOL).
  12. 12.COMMERCIAL USES OF CAMPHOR, BORNEOL, AND CINEOL.
  13. 13.PURPOSE OF THE INVESTIGATION OF WILD AROMATIC PLANTS NATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES.
  14. 14.SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS. — BLACK SAGE. — BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION. — DISTILLATION OF THE OIL. — SEPARATION OF STEAROPTENE. — IDENTIFICATION OF CAMPHOR. — Table I. — Comparison of properties of crystals from oil of black sage and of pure camphor. — CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE OIL. — FRACTIONATION OF THE OIL. — Table II. — Fractionation of the oil of black sage, showing the physical properties of the fractions. — IDENTIFICATION AND SEPARATION OF THE CONSTITUENTS. — SUMMARY.
  15. 15.WILD SAGE. — BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION. — DISTILLATION OF THE OIL. — SEPARATION OF STEAROPTENE. — IDENTIFICATION OF CRYSTALLINE COMPOUND. — Table III. — Comparison of properties of crystals from oil of wild sage and of pure borneol. — CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE OIL. — FRACTIONATION OF THE VOLATILE OIL. — Table IV. — Fractionation of oil of wild sage, showing the physical and chemical properties of the fractions. — IDENTIFICATION AND SEPARATION OF THE CONSTITUENTS. — SUMMARY.
  16. 16.SWAMP BAY. — BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION. — DISTILLATION OF THE OIL. — CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF THE OIL. — FRACTIONATION OF THE OIL AND SEPARATION OF THE STEAROPTENE. — Table V. — Fractionation of saponified oil of swamp bay and description of fractions. — Table VI. — Refractionation of the oil of swamp bay, showing the physical properties of the fractions. — IDENTIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE OIL. — SUMMARY.
  17. 17.CONCLUSIONS. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Notes

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