Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-22

treasures OF lOyelineSS still to last.
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mat the soul may be bright when youth is
past
A BUDGET ABOUT FLOWERS FOR PER-
FUMES.
There are no more beautiful sights i'm
aglnable than the fields of roses, violets
and other flowers, which are cultivated
with as much care and to almost as great
an extent as are corn or potatoes. Differ
ent parts of France and Italy are given up
almost entirely to this extensive flower
culture. Grasse and Cannes excel in the
culture Of the rose, cassie, jasmine and
tuberoses. Nice is celebrated for its violet
and mignonette, while Cilly furnishes
most of the oranges and citron. To Italy
we are chiefly indebted for the citric
odors. as lemon, bergamot, cedrat, limette,
oil of neroli and petit grain, but these last
come under the head of essential oils.
which are distinct from the pomades, the
technical name of the raw material ex.
tracted from the flowers. In Tagpia.
Italy, is raised the greatest quantity of the
violet mostly used in perfumery. namely.
the Parma violet.
In Grasse there are about fifty factories.
In which many thousands of men, women
and girls are employed. You can imagine
the extent of the business when tell Won
that on one day. acknowledge it was an
exceptional one-22, 900 pounds of orange
flowers alone, were brought into the fac
tory. All the flowers are picked in the
early morning, when the dew is still upon
them, and brought in wagons as quickly as
possible to the factories. There they are
spread out upon the floors to allow the air
to circulate freely through them. The
flowers that are to go through the hot or
maceratlng process, are then thrown into
their grease-bath, where they are left for
stated number of days, being frequently
stirred. In some instances this grease is
used over and over until it has become
perfectly saturated with the desired ouan-
tlty of the perfume, fresh flowers being
thrown in each time. The final extraction
of the perfume-ladened grease is accom-
plished by hydraulic pressure, and the
pomade is then ready for use.
The manufacture of the pomades con-
tinues from May until September, the
flowers being much more valuable in the
latter month, owing to their stronger per-
fume. You can imagine to what extent
perfumery is manufactured in this country
when L tell you that from 10000 to 15O,-
600 pounds of pomade are imported each
year. The value of the flowers consumed
each year at Grasse, Cannes and Nice, ap-
proxirt 81 100000.
OneA the most valuable of the essential
oils is altar of roses, which is made by dis
tllling the leaves of the rose centifolia
with water. This queen of flowers, for it is
universally admired for its beauty as we'll
as its fragrance, is grown in Turkey, India
and France and it takes 600 pounds of its
leaves to make one ounce of oil. When
pure it is exceedingly pleasant, and it is
almost Invaluable to the perfumer, for
there are lew odors with which it will not
harmoniously combine. Here, for in
stance, is sample of the French altar of
roses, which, on account of its purity, is
much more highly priced than the Turk
ish.
A tiny vial of the French altar of roses
is worth SIG, or four times as much as the
Turkish altar of roses costs.
"Why is it worth SO much more" do you
ask?
Simply because it is absolutely pure,
while the Turkish is adulterated. Per-
fumers do not care to buy much of the
pure article, and scarcely twenty five
ounces of the French altar is sold in
year compared with the sale of the Turk
ish.
The Turkish altar is put up in fat CYL
indrical-shaped TASKS of hammered copper,
covered with white felt. Each flask has
upon it the Turkish seal. The copper
used is virgin copper, unalloyed, just as it
comes from the mines.
THE LUXURY OF ROSE JAR.
A delightful perfume for halls or par
lors in dwelling houses or hotels can be
easily procured at this season of the year.
and it is such a pure and vet delicious
odor that il charms everyone. 1t is SIM
ply rose jar, which should be opened
about one hour every morning and then
closed. \ writer in one of our English
contemporaries describes the best method
of filling the jar, and in doing it suggests
the preparation of the rose stock should
be detailed to the care-taking member of
the family, who never forgets anything.
Gather the rose petals in the morning !;
let them stand in a cool place, toss them
up lightly for one hour to dry, then put
them in layers, with salt sprinkled be-
tween each layer, in a large covered dish
"a glass butter-dish is convenient recep-
ticle You can add to this for several
mornings, till you have enough stock
from one pint to quart, according to the
size of the iar: stir every morning, and
let the whole stand for ten days. Then
transfer il TO a glass fruit-ar, in the bot
tom of which you have placed two ounces
of allspice coarsely ground, and as much
stick cinnamon, broken coarsely, when it
is ready for the permanent jar, which may
be as pretty as your ingenuity can devise
or your means purchase. Those with
double covers are the best, and very pretty
ones in the blue and japanese ware, hold
ing over quart, can be bought for few
shillings.
Have ready one ounce each of cloves,
allspice, cinnamon and mace, all ground
mot fine); one ounce of orris root, bruised
and shreaded; two ounces of lavender
flowers, and small quantity of any other
scented dried flowers or herbs. Mix to-
gether, and put into the rose Jar in alter
nate layers with the rose stock, and few
drops Of oil of rose, geranium, or violet,
and pour over the whole one-quarter pint
of good cologne. This will last for years,
though from time to time you may add a
little lavendar or orange fowerwater, or
any nice perfume, and some seasons few
fresh rose petals. You viii derive salts
faction from the labor only to be estimated
by the happy owners of rose jar.
ONE WAY TO KEEP COOL IN HOT
WEATHER.
1t is well to know how to keep cool
when such hot weather is upon us. The
other day dropped into friends house
for moment. The heat out of doors was
purgatorial, and it was hardly less warm
in the large parlor Of my friend.
Said she, Ppm trying TO get breath OF
air, bat though every window in my house
is open there's not breath astir. ! never
experienced such day so early in june
and she set TO work vigorously to fan her
self.with her large palm-leaf fan, and
n4ped ker perspiring face with her
handkercbei, and sat there, the very per-
soni6cation Of perspiring discomfort
aMy DEAR said ], "you have moi
learned the secret of being comfortable