. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. PERFUMERY GARDENING in the region of tiie maritime Alps. Tlie plant has been introduced, however, into some of the southern counties of England (Mitchara and Hitchin being the centers), and found to produce there an oil which has commonly been regarded as far superior to the French, and at any rate is different
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. PERFUMERY GARDENING in the region of tiie maritime Alps. Tlie plant has been introduced, however, into some of the southern counties of England (Mitchara and Hitchin being the centers), and found to produce there an oil which has commonly been regarded as far superior to the French, and at any rate is different in kind (see Mentha). The English lavender is grown in light and calcareous soils. In well-drained ground lavcinli r will bear some cold, esiiceially if protected, but i;in- not be for far north. Lavender of the li. , type may 1 x|..-,-tpd b. succeed in California uut u£ the reach "f ilir wiircis, .md may perhaps not reijuire '^' air ^ calcareous soils in the " ui ill. ! -litis which might per- haps yield an oil likr tin- lOiiirli-^h, and the same may be true of some tracts northward on the Pacific slope. Lavender is treated by distillation, and it is said in I^ngland that direct contact with the water yields better PERFUMERY GARDENING 1277 for fine soaps. This so-called oil is a poii pound formed in the process of fermenting the cake of the kernels from which the oil has been expressed. Its production should be considered in our almond- growing regions, especially California. Of our iiaiive growths there are some which are alrr,\ ulili'.il :i- lli. â â [' -.â ..nilir. inati-rials. ^> l\ .', â .!.:: .. ... ;...;â . I, I. ,,,..; i .....; It of I. :...â .. .; I . ... ! .11 II , :.i .! : ,.:. |l> 11, llii- .. furnishes a .â . .inr ..r perfun cedar of Lebaiam ii The root of \ lih
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