. 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. POeOSTfiMON ((ireek, beanh-d stamen}. LabiAlw. This includes the plant which produces the well-known perfumes called Patchouli, or in India Pucha-pat. Pat- chouli has a peculiar, dry moldy smell and is one of the commonest perfumes in India. In the forties its presence was considered the sure test of a genuine
. 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. POeOSTfiMON ((ireek, beanh-d stamen}. LabiAlw. This includes the plant which produces the well-known perfumes called Patchouli, or in India Pucha-pat. Pat- chouli has a peculiar, dry moldy smell and is one of the commonest perfumes in India. In the forties its presence was considered the sure test of a genuine In- dian shawl, but the Frem h iii:inut;ftiuers of imitation Indian shawls importicl tin- |.. ifume in the fifties. Patchouli is no lonirrr Fuller accounts of itwillbefoundinthe-Cultiiial of Queens- land," V. 8:247 and Gu. 1^7. p. 447. The plant has no ornamental value. Live plants were introduced into America by Franceschi, of Santa Barbara, and were offered in 1900 in the East. Pogostcmon is a genus of about 30 species, 24 of which are distinguished in Flora of British India 4 Herbs or subshrubs: Ivs. opposite, rarely in 3's: fls. small, in solitary or panicled spikes formed of many dense whorls: calyx subei[ii:illy 4--')-to(.thed: corolla-tube ex- sprti'd i>v iTM-lii.|. J ; liiiii. ; lobes 4, lower llSIKlllv |L-i -i .- â i . - V â iraight or dccli- ; lil:iiiHi,i , : - â < ,. '! 1- showj otint,e oi scnrlet m large corjmbose ra cemes not papilionaceous the 5 petals clawed and eroded oi even fimbriate on the margin the stiniens 10 and free and exserted fr long and flat Theie ir 2 or J species of Poinciana all natne to the oiiintil tiop ics The ^emi hx I crn confounded with ( a d] una but th \ .1 I r , \ ih It wh 11 1 tl \ ire I I U 1 ( ( I I I I \ I) 1 I ll\e to India \ril IX mi ticiit il \fiK i is ] 1 inted in the Old World but is not in the American trade It teaches a height of 20-30 ft with the petals scar
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