16(5 OTTO OF ROSE. 



1839. Otto of Rose is also collected in Provence, in the South of France, 



by the distillers of rose water, and this Otto, the production of 

 which is very limited, realizes a large price. In the state of 

 Tunis, in Persia, and in the northern parts of India, 1 Otto of 

 Rose is also manufactured, but none from these countries finds 

 its way into the London market 



Turkish Otto. With regard to Turkey, the chief localities in which the rose 

 is cultivated for the production of Otto, are Kizanlik, a large 

 town lying on the southern side of the Balkans, about seventy 

 miles to the north of Adrianople. At Eski-Zaghra, in the 

 valley of the Tunja, to the south-east of Kizanlik, the rose 

 is also cultivated an a large scale, and at Carlo va; 2 also on the 

 southern side of the Balkans, and about 100 miles from 

 Adrianople much Otto is said to be produced. 



The flowering season commences in May and the roses are 

 usually collected before sunrise every morning. When the 

 weather is dry and hot, the flowering season is short, and the 

 roses blooming about the same time, it is impossible to collect 

 them all. 



The process followed is the simple one of distilling the roses 

 with water in copper stills of no very considerable dimensions, 

 Collection of and collecting the Otto from the distilled product. 



In very favourable seasons, the three districts above men- 

 tioned can produce from 300,000 to 360,000 meticals, which, at 

 six meticals to the ounce, would give from 50,000 to 60,000 

 ounces. This, however, is of rare occurrence, as, independently 

 of hot weather, other causes, as frost, or caterpillars, may reduce 

 the crop. 



I am informed that in the year 1854, the crop in the three 

 districts above named though not abundant was calculated at 

 250,000 meticals, equal to 41,666, ounces; in the year 1855 it 



1 Ghazeepore on the Ganges is famous for its manufacture of Rose Water 

 and Otto of Rose. The latter I would willingly have examined, but have 

 been unable to obtain a specimen, or, in fact, of any Indian Otto of Rose in 

 a state of purity. 



Tunisian Otto of Rose, valued at an enormous price, was sent to the Great 

 Exhibition of 1851, but I had no opportunity of obtaining a sample. 



a Sometimes spelt Carloya, but I cannot find it under either name, even 

 upon the best maps. 



