The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-13

| ing American dld some hgurlnG ana QlS-
covered that the country was import
every year 1t was then decided to see
what the United States could do TO-
| ward making her own perfumes, not
only to save the $2,000,000, but to make
possible other millions besides, a care
ful investigation was made, climatic and
| geographical conditions were studied
and q census was taken Of all the in
digenous plants and of those that could
be introduced, to see what could be eX-
pected of them.
The report on the possibilities of this
new industry in America was exceed
! ingly cheerful and encouraging, but lit
tie has been done TO verify the investi"
gators faith in such project. The
only important essence made in the
| United States is oil of peppermint, man
ufactured at the rate of about 100000
pounds year, an amount that equals
just half Japan's output. Other oils
| made in small quantities are wormwood,
wintergreen, spruce and witch hazel,
the value being about S500.000 year,
which is only one-twelfth the value Of
the manufacture of the same articles in
the little town of Grasse, the perfume
center of southeast France, where ten
billion pounds of flowers are converted
into extracts and essences every sum-
mer.
The climate of this country compares
most favorably with that of the flower
centers of the old world. The roses that
grow on the southern slopes Of the Bal
kans and betweeen the Maritime Alps
and the Mediterranean are easily RI
vailed by those of the Southern States
in this country. The roses most used
for making the celebrated altar of roses
arc the red damask of Bulgaria and ths
hundred leaf or cabbage rose of Prov
ence, In southern France. An expert on
rose culture in Augusta, Ga, declares
that the Gloire de France rose has the
true odor of altar of roses, is perfect
bloomer, hardy and productive and could
be made the source Of n remunerative
manufacturing industry Oil of geran
iums is made from the three varieties
most common in all American gardens,
the rose geranium, the skeleton leaved
and the nutmeg. All we use comes from
the distilleries of Algiers, Reunion Is
lands. Spain. Corsica and Italy. II is
claimed that Florida's facilities for
geranium culture are vastly superior to
those of Algiers.
The orange is the most profitable
plant TO dlstillers and manutactu turers of
perfume The leaf, the flower and the
rind Of the fruit are all used in some
branch of the art, and this tree -four
ishes on many thousands Of American
acres. AT Santa Barbara, Cal. the
manufacture OF neroh, or orange flower
oil, was attempted some years ago, and
IN effort to get a good extract Of vio-
let, rose and tube rose was also made,
but these failed Scientists say it was
because the experiment. stations were
too near the coast, whore the flowers
were affected by the Alaska current.
Further inland the conditions are bet
ter adapted to such work. Los An
gees experime have reported pleas
ing success in making oil from lemon,
lime, orange and eucalyptus.
On the San Mateo farm, near Jack
sonvillc. Fla, Il. Moulic started n per
fume farm in 1880 and proved the vast
possibilities In that line for America,
The products of the orange and lemon
were successfully distilled, oil was made
from lemon verbena and the process OF
enficurage tried with many of the more
delicate plants. The orange flowers of
the Louisiana coast arc declared TO be
the best in America for perfumers' uses.
aud among thc best in the world.
Lavender is grown generally in the
United States, but not for commerce.
California and the dry lands of the
West could be made TO Weld a most
profitable crop Of it. Thyme, used so
extensively in the manufacture on sUai:s.
has become fairly well uatpralized in
| America. France dist!!is 10000 pounds
year from her will growth, and the
United States imports about $4,000
pounds Eau de cologne cannot be
made without rosemary. the stimulating
effect in the water being impaired by
this plant. IL is only a rare guest IN
| cur gardens, yet can be grown in
| abundance wherever there are cal
/ carous soils For five consecutive years
the United States imported orris root
at the rate of 23S,00o pounds year,
/ the iris Of which II IS a part is so
adaptable TO our climatic conditions
that III Virginia. as the ''bluc flag " it
escapes from the gardens and wauders
wild over the fields and marshes.
The annual importation Of oil Of al
monds, an essential in the manufac-
ture Of fine soaps, is about 5000 pounds,
the price from $50 TO So a pound,
This is made from the bitter almond,
which grows hardy here from Califor.
MIA and Florida TO Michigan, yet has
never BEEN cultivated for this purpose,
| It's California use being as a stock for
the sweet almond and as a pollenizer
for sweet almond flowers, Fennel grows
| Wild on the Potomac, yet the annual
cost Of imported caraway and fenncl
cils exceeds $4,000. Anise and cori.
audcr arc easily natu1alized in America,
but are not raised for profit. Cassie,
the HuI,oL onax' of the South, and the
Indigenous "huisache" of Texas. is
is named by agricultural experts as a
profitable plant.
Oils from sassafras and wintcrgreeu
have already proved n profitable indus.
try in parts Of the United States. and
the oil distilled from the red or pencil
the famous cedars Of Lebanon Tube
roses, violets and yellow jasmine have
all had their test III American manu-
facturers hands and have proved that