Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-23
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from the military or naval service by rea-
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Raising flowers for the manufacture of
perfumery is an industry that is just get
ting a foothold in southern California"
said a gentleman who is Interested in
flower farm in Los Angeles to the writer
recently. Flowers especially intended for
distillation have only been extensively
grown on the Pacific slope since $780, when
he purchased twenty acres of land on
which to grow oranges. But instead of
planting his property with fruit. as origi-
nally intended. the Frenchman decided to
devote his energies to raising flowers, such
as could be used for making perfumery.
The venture proved a success almost from
the start, and the profits on the extracts
and essences obtained from the twenty
acres of flowers have during the past five
years amounted to between $4,000 and
100000 annually. Several small industries
of this sort are now located in different
parts of southern California, and all are
paying well as the Frenchman's farm.
1.-The flowers used for distillation. such
as the jasmine. violets. lilies and jonquis.
are all hardy in California. and yield rich
harvests to generous cultivation. Expert
ments have also recently been made in
growing musk and damask roses, and as
both those varieties promise to furnish an
abundance of altar of the finest quality
there is good reason for believing that
California will soon supply as fine ma
terial for making perfumery as now comes
from Grasse, in the south of France. All
that Is required to make this industry
success in California is the capital needed
and the Yankee go-ahead-iveness. Both
of these seem about to be furnished in the
near future.
"a French manufacturer Of perfumery
is making an investigation of the suita-
bflity of Los Angeles for his business with
the expectation of establishing plant there.
Others who are already in business there
on a small scale expect to enlarge their
plants, and all believe that within a few
years California will furnish large part
of the raw material used in this country
in manufacturing perfumery. and especially
that used in making violet perfumes
Some Los Angeles manufacturers are
thinking of enlarging their business by
following the French method of utilizing
the waste of orange orchards. SO far
there has been no attempt to use anything
from the orange groves of this state ex-
cept the fruit, and the perfume makers
think that an important source Of wealth
has been neglected. The prunings of
orange and lemon trees and unrfpe fruit
are distilled in France to produce a sub
stance worth from s. to s. a pound. and
all of Europes supply of this is not large
enough to meet the demand of the soap
makers. A good deal of orange oil is al
ready made in California and shipped to
eastern consumers, but as the orange
flowers have to be picked from the trees
In order to make the best perfume its man.
ufacture interferes with the orange indus
try