. 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. 1278 PERFUMERY GARDENING PERIPLOCA competent women to whom other avenues are closed may find this work available and congenial. Intending- experimenters should seek further informa- tion in one or more of the books which are before the public. With regard to methods of extraction, Askin- son's "Perfumes an
. 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. 1278 PERFUMERY GARDENING PERIPLOCA competent women to whom other avenues are closed may find this work available and congenial. Intending- experimenters should seek further informa- tion in one or more of the books which are before the public. With regard to methods of extraction, Askin- son's "Perfumes and their Preparation" may be con- fidently recommended. Sawer's"Odorographia" (espe- cially the first series) is valuable both to the extractor and the grower. Piesse's "Art of Perfumery " will also be found useful on both sides of the subject. Gilde- meister and Hoffman's "Volatile Oils" is also very valu- able. E. S. Steele. Also consult E. S. Steele's article on "Perfumery Gardening" in the Yearbook of the U. S. Dept. of Agric, for 1898. Vol. 22, part 2 of the Journal of the Royal Hort. Soc. {London, 1898} contains a list of per- fumes and plants that yield them, and also a list of books on perfumes. FEKfLLA (said to be a native name in India). I/abidtce. Perilla Nankinensis is distinct among all tender bedding plants by the color of its foliage. The leaves are a dark, wine-purple, with a bronzy luster. These colors are more or less toned with green, espe- cially in young plants. The Perilla is an annual herb, growing about 1^ ft. high. It is considerably used in subtropical beds and for the back of ribbon borders. It is sometimes planted next to a dusty miller or other white-leaved plants for the sake of contrast. The foliage has an odor suggesting cinnamon. In Japan the Perilla is of economic importance for the production of oil. Perillas need a sunny or at least half-sunny position. They thrive under the treatment given half-har
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