The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-09-11

S'i"h outlny anu simple apparatus Re-
quired for the Manufacture of Attnr oil
Roses Other Flower Perfumes That
Ave SalabIe.
There is money for American women
In raising flowers for the extraction of
their perfumes said an expert. 1T is
light and easy work; the apparatus re-
qulred ie not at all expensive and the
processes involved are comparatively
simple The making of altar of roses,
Tor example, is not in the least difficult
or arduous, while there is always a
market demand for the article. Indeed,
the pure stuff is almost impossible to
get, owing to the customary adultera-
ton of the foreign product
THE women and children of many a
family in this country, might earn
quite a little harvest of dollars by the
home manufacture of altar of roses, of
which the United States import about
100000 worth annually. There is no
great trouble in growing the flowers,
inasmuch as the roses always preferred
for this purpose are of common, rather
than fancy, varieties, which, while less
beautiful perhaps than the delicately-
bred dollhouse kinds, bloom more freely
and have much more perfume. This
means that their petals contain great
er quantity of the essential oil which
contributes the delicious SMELL and this
oil is the so-called altar, formerly priced
in Oriental countries at it's weight in
diamonds You may buy ii now at SIS
an ounce, but it is sure to be falsified to
a large extent with oil of geranum.
you may remember that ii was a
woman, the favorite of an Eastern
harem, who first discovered altar of
roses. Through her garden had been
made to flow an artificial stream of
rose water, and she noticed one day
that oily drops hoated upon its surface.
Through sheer idleness, she gathered
some Of them in her hand, smelled
them, and experienced an altogether
new delight. These drops We're of oil,
or altar, of rose, and hence originated
manufacture which now has It's prin-
cipal center in Bulgaria. region the
climate of which, on the southern slopes
of the Balkans, is not particularly diff
ferent from that of wide areas in the
United States.
I'm fact, our climate and soil over
extensive regions appear to be excel
as I have said the prepare ton of the
altar can be accomplished without great
outlay or much preliminary experience.
The main question to be settled in adj
vance by the intending grower Is
whether in given place the flower will
bloom rapidly enough, and be rich
enough in oil, to compete with the for
eign product What is chiefly required,
is plenty of suns heat, and of this there
is no lack over large part of the
United States The most famous rose
farming districts of Europe do not APP
pear to possess any climatic advantages
over what we can furnish. The Ameri-
can sun is a powerful agent in summer
even as far north as Canada.
For the production of altar of roses |
hardly any apparatus is required eX-
cept a simple still, which costs very lit
tie. Probably the most important diff
fculty in the way Of the American man.
QIdCluIGIS lies III TIE WliSltSalt dddi-
teration of the European altar, which |
On that account is sold so low in the |
market as seriously to antagonize COM
petition. Nevertheless pure rose altar |
IS now being made on a considerable |
scale in Saxony, and is holding its own
n the market, although that country
s not nearly so well adapted for rose
culture as the United States. Especially |
n the Southern States and in California,
where roses bloom In extraordinary lux
lriance, 1t may be expected that the
altar, which Is our principal perfumery
import at present, will be produced be-
ore long In great quantities, perhaps
ivaling the foreign article.
"Of course, some 'know-how' is re-
,uired In this kind of work, and it must
,e remembered that the beginnings
would be altogether experimental, mas
much as the manufacture of rose altar
lac hardly been tried as yet in this
ountry. | do not see why it should not
ucceed, however, inasmuch as the
market demands for the product is I'M
ailing. One should remember that
oses differ vastly as to the amount OF
IL contained in their petals, and that
his is true even in given variety, the
natter being influenced largely by eli
nate and soil. They require a rich soil,
nd the fertile uplands of the interior
will probably be found most suitable
or the production of freely blooming
nd odoriferous blossoms. The roses
mployed for altar making in Europe
he red damask and the Provence
"In the production Of perfumes for
larket there is no reason why Ameri-
an women should confine themselves to
ttar Of roses You must realize that
mis- branch of industry mean flower
arming in generals conducted on a
asst scale in Southern Europe, tens of
of acres being given up to 1t,
nd there Is no good reason why we
1ould not set up an opposition IN THIS
1untry. One may cay that labor is 1
1eaper over there, but that is kind of
ork in which women and children in |
,e United States may engage, with no !
ss of time to the latter and with little '
, the former. What the women are /
oking for nowadays is something new ,
the way of profitable employment; t
at all events, that will bring ,
a few dollars which they can call /
Ieir very own. Some physica! toll f