. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1204: The American Florist. Dec, .14,,. Alex. Henderson, Vice-President. E. F. Winterson, Treasurer. OFFICERS CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB FOR 1918. Wilder S. Deamud, Secretary. to extract the attar. From forty litres of rose water, five litres of attar are distilled. Upon the attar collects a yellow oily layer, which is skimmed off by means of a cone-shaped bowl. Of course, even the best attar of roses in this modern age of adultera- tion is never pure. There are various processes of adulteration. White rose petals are
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1204: The American Florist. Dec, .14,,. Alex. Henderson, Vice-President. E. F. Winterson, Treasurer. OFFICERS CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB FOR 1918. Wilder S. Deamud, Secretary. to extract the attar. From forty litres of rose water, five litres of attar are distilled. Upon the attar collects a yellow oily layer, which is skimmed off by means of a cone-shaped bowl. Of course, even the best attar of roses in this modern age of adultera- tion is never pure. There are various processes of adulteration. White rose petals are often mixed with red, the white being more abundant but less valuable for attar. Attar of geranium Is used to adulterate the attar of roses, too. This is made in India, and recent- ly Its importation has been forbidden by the government, but it-is still being used secretly. Oil of turpentine, too, Ib a favorite form of adulteration. It would seem impossible that the peasants who grow the roses even for Industry should not imbibe something of the beauty of the flowers. And in- deed they have. A simple, I<indly folk they are, given to trusting much. Too much, indeed, for they are being ruth- lessly exploited by merchants and mo- nopolies. Many of them make their '5wn attar of roses by the old-fashioned simple methods. This the shop keepers often choose to buy at a very nominal price rather than incur the risk and expense involved in manufacturing by modern methods. In spite of adultera- tions, to make one pound of attar of roses, It takes pounds of petals. And for one ounce of attar manufac- tured by the home methods of the peasant, he receives 18 shillings. The London merchant values the same foods at 8 pounds. Waterloo, Ia.—Ed. Blakeman ot Decorah was elected president of the Northeastern Iowa Horticultural So- ciety at the annual meeting held here recently. GALEsntJKO, III.—Henry F. Drury Held a chrysanthemum show in his flower shop November 14. Every vis- itor w
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