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duction of the raw odorous substances in demand by the manu- 
facturing perfumers of Britain ; consequently, nearly the whole are 
the produce of foreign countries. 
“The climate of some of the British colonies especially fits 
them for the production of odours 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, flower-farms would doubtless 
have been established in that colony long ere the publication of 
this work (1862). Though thus personally frustrated in adapting 
a new and useful description of labour to British enterprise, I am 
no less sanguine of the final results in other hands.” (Piesse, Zhe 
Art of Perfumery.) 
The few species given below do not profess to be a complete 
list of Australian perfume plants; the list may, however, be 
suggestive. 
1. Acacia conferta, 4 Cunn., N.O., Leguminose, B.FL., ii., 343. 
The flowers of this tree possess a remarkable perfume which 
Dr. Woolls thinks might be utilized commercially. The following 
species— Acacia acuminata, Bevth., A, doratoxylon, 4. Cunn., 
A. harpophylla, 7.7.47, A. pendula, 4+ Cunn., amongst others, 
yield scented wood, and, therefore, may rank amongst perfumes. 
(See ‘‘ Timbers.”’) 
New South Wales and Queensland. 
2. Acacia farnesiana, W27/d., (Syn. A. lentictllata, F.v.M.); N.O., 
Leguminosz, B.F1., ii., 419. 
‘Dead Finish” is the absurd name given to the wood. 
The flowers yield a delightful perfume, and for that quality 
are much cultivated in the South of France. The cultivation of 
this plant is particularly worthy the attention of settlers in Aus- 
tralia as an auxiliary industry. In Italy and France its sweet- 
scented flowers are mixed with melted fat or olive oil, which 
becomes impregnated with their odour, and constitutes the fine 
pomade called ‘ Cassie.”’ 
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