. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1278 PERFUMERY GARDENING competent women to whom other avenues are closed may find this work available and congenial. Intending experimenters should seek further info tion in one or more of the books which public. With regard to methods of ext son's "Perfumes and


. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1278 PERFUMERY GARDENING competent women to whom other avenues are closed may find this work available and congenial. Intending experimenters should seek further info tion in one or more of the books which public. With regard to methods of ext son's "Perfumes and their Proparntioii fldently recommended. 's "''dnrn; cially the first series) is )"itli t and the grower. Piesse's "Ait ut I't rtuiiMTV " will also be found useful on both sidus 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 Gardenins" in the Yearbook of the U. S. Dept. of f(.r is'.ig. Vol. 22, part 2 of the Journal of the Knyal Hurt, (London, 1898) contains a list of per- that yield them, and also before the ctiou, A skin- may be cou- aphia"(espe- the extractor list of books( FEBtLLA (said to be a native name in India). Labidtw. 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 IH 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


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