be very profitably employed if cultivated with odorbearing plants. The climate of some of the British colonies especially fits them for the production of odors from flowers that require elevated temperature to bring them to perfection. But for the lamented death of Mr. Charles Piesse,* Colonial Secretary for Western Australia, I have every reason to believe that flower-farms would have been established in that colony long ere the publication of this work. Though thus personally frustrated in adapting a new and useful description of labor to British enterprise, I am no less sanguine of the final result in other hands. Mr. Kemble, of Jamaica, has recently sent to England some fine samples of Oil of Behn. The Moringa, from which it is produced, has been successfully cultivated by him. The Oil of Behn, being a perfectly inodorous fat oil, is a valuable agent for extracting the odors of flowers by the maceration process. At no distant period I hope to see, either at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, or elsewhere, a place to illustrate the commercial use of flowers-eye-lectures on the methods of obtaining the odors of plants and their various uses. Brother of the Author. The horticulturists of England, being generally unacquainted with the methods of economizing the scents from the flowers they cultivate, entirely lose what would be a very profitable source of income. For many ages copper ore was thrown over the cliffs into the sea by the Cornish miners working the tin streams; how much wealth was thus cast away by ignorance we know not, but there is a perfect parallel between the old miners and the modern gardeners. Many readers of the "Gardeners' Chronicle" and of the "Annals of Pharmacy and Chemistry" will recognize in the following pages much matter that has already passed under their eyes. To be of the service intended, such matter must however have a book form; I have therefore collected from the above-mentioned periodicals all that I considered might be useful to the reader. To Sir Wm. Hooker, Dr. Lindley, Mr. W. Dickinson, and Mr. W. Bastick, I respectfully tender my thanks for the assistance they have so freely given whenever I have had occasion to seek their advice. PREFACE, Contents. SECTION I. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY. Perfumes in use from the Earliest Periods-Origin lost Page Steam-Still-Macerating Pan-Ottos exhibited at the Crystal Palace of 1851-SIMPLE EXTRACTS:-All- spice, Almond, Artficial Otto of Almonds, Anise, Balm, Balsams, Bay, Bergamot, Benzoin, Caraway, Cascarilla, Cassia, Cassie, Cedar, Cedrat, Cinnamon, Citron, Citronella, Clove, Dill, Eglantine or Sweet Brier, Elder, Fennel, Flag, Geranium, Heliotrope, Honeysuckle, Hovenia, Jasmine, Jonquil, Laurel, Lavender, Lemon-grass, Lilac, Lily, Mace, Magnolia, Marjoram, Meadow-sweet, Melissa, Mignonette, Miri- bane, Mint, Myrtle, Neroli, Nutmeg, Olibanum, Orange, Orris, Palm, Patchouly, Sweet Pea (Theory of Odors), Pineapple, Pink, Rhodium (Rose yields two Odors), Rosemary, Sage, Santal, Sassafras, Spike, Storax, Syringa, Thyme, Tonquin, Tuberose, Vanilla, Verbena or Vervain, Violet, Vitivert, Volka- ANIMAL PERFUMES. ACETIC ACID AND ITS USE IN PERFUMERY.-Aromatic Vinegar, Henry's Vinegar, Vinaigre à la Rose, Four Proposed Use of the Term "Otto" to denote the odori- COMPOUND ODORS:-The Alhambra Perfume-The Bos- phorus Bouquet-Bouquet d'Amour-Bouquet des Fleurs du Val d'Andorre-Buckingham Palace Bou- quet-Délices-The Court Nosegay-Eau de Chypre -The Empress Eugenie's Nosegay-Esterhazy- Ess Bouquet-Eau de Cologne. (French and Eng- lish Spirit.) Flowers of Erin-Royal Hunt Bouquet -Extract of Flowers-The Guards' Bouquet- Italian Nosegay-English Jockey Club-French Jockey Club. (Difference of the Odor of English and French Perfumes due to the Spirit of Grape and Corn Spirit.) A Japanese Perfume-The Kew Garden Nosegay-Millefleurs-Millefleurs et Lavender-Delcroix's Lavender-Marechale-Mous- selaine-Bouquet de Montpellier-Caprice de la Mode-May Flowers-Neptune, or Naval Nosegay- Bouquet of all Nations-Isle of Wight Bouquet -Bouquet du Roi-Bouquet de la Reine Victoria -Rondeletia. (Odors properly blended produce new Fragrances.) Bouquet Royal-Suave-Spring |