Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-18

The RosE.-Thls beautiful shrub is foart
in almost every country, and in almost every
country its beauty and fragrance have made II
The ornamen, Of The garden,and an object OF at'
miration. Nature, as il delighted with This ex'
aulsi,e production of her hand, has multiplied
Tvs species and varieties to an almost unimrt
extent; and the poet has sung us praises IN all
nations and ol! ages. 1t has bean welded 10
The nightingale, and its fragrance and beauty
have been me theme OF every tongue IL Shi.
----.-a Cashr,era ~. ---. = -~-..r--'.- -
ferrous, and yields the mos, fragrant ouar, CT
essential oil
Who has not heard of the vale of Cashmere.
With its roses the brightest that earth ever gave
More.
Rhodes is said 10 owe It's name to the in.
m. nsr quantity Of roses which il produces. 10
the cost this flower is par icularly esteemed
The Guebres believe that when Abraham was
thrown into The f. by the order Of Nimrod, the
flames turned in O bed Of roses. A rose vas
always placed above the heads Of The guests 10
the banqueiing rooms, 10 Danish restraint, and
to dsuoc that nothing said there should be re-
pra,ed elsewherr: and thus originated the say
ing sub rosa, under the rose, when a secret was
TO be kept. The perfume Of his flower is thus
accounted for by the fabulous authors: 10"
a, "a feast Of Olympus, 10 the miGsr Of lively
dance, oversct, with q stroke of his wing,
goble, Of nee ar, which, falling on The ose, EN-.
balo,ed it with The delicious Fragrance il s:a
retains. And Ca,ullus thus sccpun, fpr be
color Of this flower, il having been origloaNY
white:-
s'whiie the enamour'd queen ofjoy
Flies to protect her lovely boy,
Onwhom the jealous war god rlshes,
She treads upon thorned rose,
And " lille the wound with crimson flows,
The snowy 1ow'ret feels her blood and bushes
The petals Of the rose are the only part O.
the 9ower that imparts the odorou, matter 70
water, both by Installation and infusion. Ih.
oltar. or essential oil, is obtained from various
species Of the rose. The odour, though gene''
ally agree able, has in some instances produe'
ed Paintings, hystericai affections, inHamms
tons OF the eyes, &c. Orfla mentions an 10
stance o! a celebrated painter who could not re
maih in any room where there were roses With
out being in short time attacked with ,ioIen!
cephalalgia, succeeded by fai3ring. DR.. Prie's
ly thinks these effects are owing 20 The carbonN
acid gas which these flowers exhale. W. wi
conclude this article with 40 accoun, Of lh
process employed in Asia. in making essenllt
oil, or oltar Of roses. 40 lbs. roses, with 'heE
calices, are put into still, with so lbs. water
the mass being well mixed in the still, is p'ac'
ed over gentle FIVE, and when fumes brglL 70
rise. the cup and pipe are properly fixed and
luted. When the impregnated water begins |"
come over, the fire is lessened by gentle De-
grees, and the distiilalion continued, uhiI Sd
lbs. OF water have come over. This water is
be poured upon 40 lbs. offresh roses, and thence
are TO be drawn from Is TO 20 lbs of distilled
water. II is then poured into earthenware pans
or timed metals. and left exposed to the fres1
air Tor the night, the otar or oil will be iounc
IN The morning CONCEALED and swimming OF