The Washington weekly post., 1899-05-23

considerable scale in SaxOny, and is hold
ing its own in the market, although that
country is not nearly SC well adapted for
rose culture as the United States. ,ESpe-
Cially in the Southern States and in Cali
fOrnia, where roses bloom in eXtraoTdi-
nary luXuriance, il may be expected that
the altar, which is our principal perfum-
cry import at present, will be produced
before long In great quantities, perhaps
riyaling the foreign article.
Manufacture of Rose Oil.
"Of course some know-how is required
in this kind of work, and it must be re-
membered that the beginnings would be
altogether experimental, inasmuch as the
manufacture of rose altar has hardly been
tried as yet in this country. l do not see
why ii should not succeed, however. mas
much as the market demand for the prod
uct is unfailing. One should remember
that roses differ vastly as TO the amount
of oil contained in their petals, and that
this is true even in a given variety, the
matter being Influenced largely by eli
mate and soil. They require a rich soil.
and the fertile uplands of the interior will
probably be found most suitable for the
production Of freely blooming and odorif-
erOus blossoms. The roses employed for
altar making in Europe are the red dam
ask and the Provence
In the production of perfumes for
market, there is no reason why Amer
lean women should confine themselves to
altar OF roses. You must realize that this
branch of ind1stry-I mean flower farm
ing IN generals conducted on a vast
scale in Southern Europe, tens of thous-
andS or acres being given up TO it, and
there IS no good reason why we should
not set up an opposition in this country.
one may say that labor Is cheaper over
there. but this IS a kind OF work in which
women and children in the United States
may engage, with no loss of time to the
latter and with little 10 the former. What
the women are looking for nowadays is
something new in the way of prOftable
Pioyment-occupation, at all events,
that VIII bring In even a few dollars
Wnlch they can call their very own Some
physical toll, more or less heavy. Is in
vowed IN the cultivation OF roses. bur
the ntihzation Of these and other flowers
Tor the making OF perfumes involves no
arduous effort and boys are usually at
hand TO do the planting and digging.
Other Perfume Flowers.
''The oil Of rose geranium, as 7 said
moment ago, Is largely EMPLOYED 70
adulterate altar OF roses. bur II * used
also as legitimate perfume material.
agreeable even II not equal to true OH
or rose. great deal Of IL is imported
INTO THIS country every year, being de-
rived from three well-known species Of
the plant. one OF which Is the common
rose seTanlum' OF our windows and gar
dens. These geraniums are grown for
She perfume market On an immense scale
ia ooutnern Europe. in Corsica, and in
Algiers, the plants being harvested a
hite before the opening Of the flowers
Hnen the lemon-like OdOr which they ar
hisL possess gives place 10 the odor Of
rose. 10 get the OdOriferOus essential on
the entire plant is put into the gtfII and
sometimes rose Petals are added 10 i'm
prove tne quality. There can H. -
doubt that the rose gers Mum 49,, - -
grown prontably for perfume In pToDerix-
CHOSEN areas IN the coast belt Of n
SOutA aAd IN Southern California v,bsre
an y4I u seFahlEtn can be produced euuaf
20 the best French article.
II seems Akely that ViOlets NAV h.
grown Ior perIumeEy In this eountry
iA0Gsh only IN the warmer rrgiOIs Tbsig
culture Tor general purposes r. sIr..JI,
been higflly developed IN California Vrbers
sometimes they are grown in the shade NJ
great OAKS But where purpose ~ NJ
fcmeTy are taken into View. n rnrst =.
considered that the cost Of groWIng ard
or gathering so small a flower in the Iuer-
Ltir1 IrQairca Tor the extraction OF lis
O-Or Il Frry large. Thus, even lu Fs1rcr..
the cost Of the perfume Is - greaf H.,
true violet In pure state. though much
N demand, is little used. a coFntf,-ffICr
OF OTris root win other Ingredients ba5r.g,
commonly substituted for il. RecariIs
the chemists have succeeded ia -goIU5T1 Z,
Ia the laboratory an artificial violet Der.
fume that II very Ike the real Eeyer-
theless. yl1leis are now extensively grown