The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-24

many the schools are closed during the
season of the rose picking, and the child
rem, with their mothers devote themselves
TO the work, receiving nominal sum for
their labors. There is no work done in the
middle of the day, the picking being done
In the early morning and in the evening
quickly. inc ''seS VIM N0' 'e'e-'0'A'' 81
An enormous quantity of roses is required
TO make a small quantity of oil; $500 kilOs,
kilo of oil, or, as another says 6,600 pounds
of roses will make % pounds of oil, and to
produce those $500 pounds OF. roses it re-
qulres an area of 2, AL acres of rose plants.
The price of altar of roses varies according
to the crops. woman going to a phar-
macy in New York recently paid 10 cents
not have been adulterated. Reliable deal
ers often find ii difficult to obtain the pure
article article; and it may not be considered adul-
The wholesale price will vary from S. to So
an ounce. Though Moore says the Altar
Gul is more precious than gold. It is by no
means the most precious Of perfumes, for
musk is sold at $25 and $50 an ounce.
The process of distillation is always SIM
pie. The flowers are distilled with double
their weight of water. Part of this is drawn
off; the operation is repeated several times.
The result of the several Installations being
combined and distilled again and the liquid
drawn from the last distillation is allowed
to stand for day or two, when the oil is
skinned off. The water scented by this
process is the rose water familiar as a toilet
article. A rose pomade which Is largely
used for perfumes is made by covering the
rose leaves with purified lard or marrow.
which absorbs the odor quickly. Then 1t is
separated from the leaves and placed in
acknowledgements cans, where ii will re-
main sweet for twenty years or more. For
use IL is combined with frozen spirits OF
cologne, when ii is known as rose pomade.
The pomade is used largely for perfumes
and the oil for fiavorings. 1t fiavors the
rose confectionery and is found In denti-
frice, sachets and more practical articles
of merchandise.
The greatest amount of rose oil, according
to the statistics of few years ago. comes
to France and America. Those two coun-
and received one year LISA kilos. Constan-
tinople is next at AIS kilos, England and
Germany following with 466 and 425 hilos
respectively Italy took the least, only three
kilos in the year. The Turkish govern
ment favoring the manufacture, has grant
ed the rose farmers exemption from taxes
and internal revenue for several years.
The altar of roses is put up for export in
different ways. Queer copper containers,
tin lined shaped something like canteen
or eighty =. S' ounces. are ed Somewhat. The
cans are covered with parchment-like mate
RIAL and carefully sealed In more attract
i've form il comes in large glass bottles,
the size and shape, OF the bottles that ng-
ured in what was known at one time as a
gilt design very much like those of the
familiar little altar of rose bottles OF past
history.
There is one great. trouble with altar of
roses. and this may have had something 10
do with the loss of popularity Of the little
straight bottles that the grandmothers
loved. 1t Is easy TO add TO Ii other and
cheaper flowers than the beautiful Rosa
Damascena OF the days of Lalla Rookh.
and while the price is less the perfume is
less also. 1t is difficult to find the pure ar
ticle