Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-03-15

withered petals, and sometimes the pet.
ais have to be curled In the growing
of white flowers any colored part has Il
be removed. Any plants supposed to be
scented, but which for some reason OF
other are received scentless by the flor.
list, are soon made to smell as sweetly
as If freshly picked from out-of-doors
Potted aZaleas, having so many blooms
on a single plant are inclined to wither
quickly. and for this reason each flower
is cleverly gummed to its stem, thus
making it last considerably longer.
The making of perfume always has
been closely related to the raising OF
flowers. Grasse, France, is one of the
most important centers of this industry
There every variety of perfume-givins
flower is to be found. It takes 10000
pounds of rose petals to make a single
pound of altar of roses. valued at $500
For a pound OF neroli, the basis of eau
de cologne, 1000 pounds of the petals OF
the bitter orange are needed. The per-
fume is made by saturating lard with the
OIL of the flower, and in some cases the
blossoms have to be changed as many
as so times before the mixture is suf-
ficiently strong. The flowers most used
are violets. jessamine. orange blossoms,
heliotrope.
Ambergris is used for a basis of nearly
all standard perfumery. This article was
first found floating on the surface of the
sea or lodged upon the shore. Just how
it became connected with the manufacture
of perfumery is unknown. but it has
been employed in that industry for CEN
turtles. Only recently has it's origin be-
come known. It is nothing more than
"A. -
sick spermaceti whale. It is described as
being a waxy substance. disagreeable to
sight and touch, but even in it's crude
state, giving off a pleasant odor. 1t is
subjected to chemical action to abstract
the part called amberine. The larges:
price on record as having been paid for
ambergris was $500 for a mass weighing
1870 pounds, which was found on the Win
ward Islands
In New York city the Plant. Flower
and Fruit Guild is doing much toward
icultivating a love of nature among the
poor and sick The organization has been
working for a number of years, and with
little or no capital has been accomplish
ing splendid results. One reason for this
lis because outside people have aided the
cause. The first purpose was to system
tie the distribution of the flowers among
the sick and poor, but this has grown
into the larger field of endeavoring to
awaken a love OF nature and of civic
Improvement among the people. The
flowers come from many voluntary
sources, the wild blossoms gathered in
the country being side by side with those
used at the social functions of the -Four
Hundred
Another help has come from the ex-
press companies who have issued labels
allowing free transportation within a ra-
dius of 100 miles for all boxes of flowers
or plants not weighing over 20 pounds
over 1000 window boxes have been distrib-
uted among the tenement jewellers and
out of this number only two or three
died for want of care. The number OF
bouquets received daily by the guild runs
as high as 1000. and the number of in
stitutions which receive these floral offer
ings are about $50. Not only has Joy and
happiness entered into the life of the poor
but many children have been taught the
lesson of helpfulness. In many small
towns there are gardens being tended by
children for the exclusive use of the
guild.
Many queer things are TO be encoun-