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Wild volatile-oil plants and their economic importance
Frank Rabak
Many wild American plants hold fragrant oils worth harvesting, from black sage to swamp bay. Frank Rabak surveys these volatile-oil plants, their distribution across the country, and their economic promise. A practical botanical and industrial guide to a scattered natural resource. Discover the aromatic wild plants that could yield valuable and useful oils.
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49 chapters
- 1WILD VOLATILE-OIL PLANTS AND THEIR ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: I.—BLACK SAGE; II.—WILD SAGE; III.—SWAMP BAY.
- 2BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY.
- 3LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
- 4CONTENTS.
- 5ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 6TABLES.
- 7WILD VOLATILE-OIL PLANTS AND THEIR ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: I.—BLACK SAGE; II.—WILD SAGE; III.—SWAMP BAY.
- 8DISTRIBUTION OF WILD AROMATIC PLANTS.
- 9PRESENT PRODUCTION OF VOLATILE OILS FROM WILD PLANTS NATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES.
- 10CLASSIFICATION OF VOLATILE OILS BASED ON THEIR ODORS AND CONSTITUENTS.
- 11COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE OF VOLATILE OILS AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
- 12PLANT SOURCES OF CAMPHOR, BORNEOL, AND CINEOL (EUCALYPTOL).
- 13COMMERCIAL USES OF CAMPHOR, BORNEOL, AND CINEOL.
- 14PURPOSE OF THE INVESTIGATION OF WILD AROMATIC PLANTS NATIVE TO THE UNITED STATES.
- 15SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.
- 16BLACK SAGE.
- 17BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION AND DISTRIBUTION.
- 18DISTILLATION OF THE OIL.
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