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3. The anclropogon series, which furnish the lemon- grass, citron- 

 ella and ginger-grass .oil. 



4. The citrine series, comprising the bergamot, orange, lemon, 

 citron and lime, from whose rinds an essential oil is obtained by ex- 

 pression or distillation. 



5. The spice series, including cinnamon,, cinnamon leaf, cloves, 

 mace, nutmeg and pimento. 



6. The wood series, consisting of sandal wood, rose-wood, rhodi- 

 um, cedar and sassafras. 



7. The root series, comprising orris-root and vetiver, called by the 

 Hi idooskus kus. 



8. The seed series, composed of anise-seed, dill and caraway. 



9. The balm and gum series, including balsam of Peru, balsam 

 of Tolu, camphor, myrrh, benzoin, storax and other gums. 



10. The fruit series, including bitter almonds, Tonqain beans and 

 vanilla. 



The artificial preparations and the animal perfumes make two 

 more series. The greatest number of the materials, amounting to 

 twenty eight, is obtained from the south of France and Italy, which is 

 the chief centre of manufacture for perfumery materials. The East 

 Indies and China furnish about twenty-one; Turkey, two; Africa, 

 two; North America, six; South America, six, and England four. The 

 only articles named from the United States are peppermint, sassafras 

 and wintergreen. — Ladies' Floral Cahinet. 



GROWING PANSIES. 



This one of the most popular flowers, and though it is popular, 

 and to be found in most gardens, comparatively few people understand 

 its cultivation with a view of obtaining the finest flowers. They will 

 go into the grounds of the florist and express amazement at the great 

 size and beauty of the pansies they see there, will forthwith purchase 

 a supply for their own planting, and will be charmed with them, and 

 be determined to grow the same on their own premises, though their 

 previous efforts have so singularly failed. When asked how thev had 

 been growing them, they often reply : " I got some from a neighbor, 

 who has large beds of them, but they are all so small." When told 

 that the}^ should sow the seed of the finest of those obtained from the 

 florist as soon as the seed was matured — say some time in August — and 

 that was the only way to have fine, large flowers, the idea was jumped 

 at. That is the way to get them. Every August the seed of the larg- 

 est and most desirable should be sown, and the old ones dug up and 

 thrown away. And we should say that this is easy enough to do when 



