. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. 498 OIL-BEARING PL-\NTS OIL-BEARIXG PLANTS filaments of which are used for making scented mats, screens, fans, ornamental baskets and various fancy articles, and are tied in bundles, weighing about two ounces each, which are used for scenting drawers. The latter is the Louisiana utilization of the plants. From the roots (called khas or khas- khas) is distilled a fragrant oil us
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. 498 OIL-BEARING PL-\NTS OIL-BEARIXG PLANTS filaments of which are used for making scented mats, screens, fans, ornamental baskets and various fancy articles, and are tied in bundles, weighing about two ounces each, which are used for scenting drawers. The latter is the Louisiana utilization of the plants. From the roots (called khas or khas- khas) is distilled a fragrant oil used in perfumery. Vetiver is closely related to citronella (Andropogoii Xardiix), from the leaves of which citronella oil is distilled. Vetiver has been introduced into southern Lou- isiana and has become naturalized there, but it has not yet been grown commercially to any extent. It seems to have been introduced here from the West Indies about seventy years ago. There are a few plants in every garden belonging to the native French population of the state. There is one large collection of plants at Shiloh, about sixty-four miles north of New Orleans, and another in St. Bernard parish. Dr. Le Monnier, who has the garden at Shiloh, has some TOO plants in nine rows, six feet apart, each plant or tuft consisting of a compact mass about a foot and a half in diameter, giving rise to long stems which in September become jointed canes, one-half inch in diameter, and as much as eight feet high. In September or October he burns the plants, and digs up the roots which have then produced great numbers of small roots or fila- ments about one thirty-second of an inch in diam- eter and running one to two feet long. These are chopped off close to the central mass, which can then be replanted. The filaments are thoroughly washed in cold water, and, after being dried slowly in a room at a temperature of about 120 degrees, are ready for market. The grass is propagated chiefly by transplanting the
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