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PERFUMEKY GARDENING 



competent women to wliom otlicr avenues are closed 

 may find this work :iv;iilalilc :uiil ivmiriiiial. 



Intending ex|MTM I H n;. i - -li-ulrl -, . i> riii-MnT ini'dnna- 

 tion in one or m - : i i . i. n iii. 



publie. With n^L- .:■• , . ' -•i, \-k,i, 



son's "PerfuilU- ,iiMl lihn Im;.:!!.- ii:,i im ,-,,1i- 



fiaily till' lirst series) is valuaLile both to the extractor 

 and the :;ro\vir. Piesse's "Artof Perfumery" will also 

 he fcunil usiful on both sides of the subject. Gilde- 

 meister and Hoffman's" Volatile Oils" is also very valu- 

 able. E. S. Steele. 



Also consult E. S. Steele's article on "Perfumery 

 Gardening" in the Yearbook of the U. S. Dept. of 

 Agric, for 18(18. Vol. 22, part 2 of the Journal of the 

 Royal Hort. Soc. (London, 1898) contains a list of per- 

 fumes and plants that yield them, and also a list of 

 books on perfumes. 



PERlLLA (said to \»- -.i n.iliv,. iianu' in India). 

 Lahiiitw, Peritla Naiikim i/s/:. Is <!istinc't among all 

 tender bedding plants by lli. r,,l,.i- .,f its foliage. The 

 leaves are a dark, wine-piirpli.. witli a bronzy luster. 

 These colors are more or less toned with green, espe- 

 cially in young plants. The Perilla is an annual herb, 

 growing about 1% ft. high. It is considerably used in 

 subtropical beds and for the back of ribbon borders. 

 It is sometimes planted next to a dusty miller or other 

 white-leaved plants for the sake of contrast. The 

 foliage has an odor suggesting cinnamon. In Japan 

 the Perilla is of economic importance for the production 

 of oil. Perillas need a sunny or at least half-sunny 

 position. They thrive under the treatment given 

 half-hardy annuals. Sow the seeds thinly and cover 

 nearly an inch. Avoid planting Perillas too closely; 

 leggy specimens are wretched. The Us. are incon- 

 spicuous and produced in autumn. Before the intro- 

 duction of the Coleus, this plant was much used as an 

 ornamental flower-garden plant, and is still used largely 

 in the gardens of northern Europe, where the Coleus 

 makes but a stunted growth. But in our warmer sum- 

 mers it is displaced by the more brilliantly colored and 

 free-growing Coleus. 



Perilla is placed by Bentham and Hooker next to the 

 American genus Collinsonia, with which it agrees in 

 the following characters: flowering calyx of 5 nearly 

 equal teeth; fruiting calyx declinate, 2-lipped; anterior 

 lobe of the corolla larger; perfect stamens 4. The 

 main point of difference lies in the nutlets; those of 

 Perilla are netted-veined, while those of Collinsonia are 

 smooth. Also the anther cells of Collinsonia are divari- 

 cate, while those of Perilla are finally merely divergent. 

 Perilla is placed in the same subtribe with Mentha, but 

 belongs to a group in which the whorls of fls. are not 

 axillary (as is usually the case in the Mentha group), 

 but are spicate or racemose. 



ocymoldes, Linn. Also spelled ocimoUles. The typical 

 form has Ivs. green on both sides and is worthless for 

 gardens. Lvs. opposite, rarely speckled with brownish 

 purple, only slightly wrinkled, base wedge-shaped or 

 narrow; blade broadly ovate or roundish, pointed or 

 blunt, hairy or not, entire or variiKisly i.iit at tln' mar- 

 gin. In the wild, it is a coarse, ofitn sliauL'x |i|ant.'_'-; 

 ft. high, with lvs. 3-6 in. long, pnioLs I-:; in, l.i,,^:: 

 racemes 3-8 in. long: corolla wliitc .n- r'-'ii!i>Ii. ■! lim-s 



Nankin^nsis, \i 



did. 

 Decne. P. 



pact. (3) Var. elitior (P. Nunkinins 

 iliitinr, Hort. Benary) is a taller form 

 itliiiUti. (4) Var. variegata ( /*. XkhI.ih'' 



PERlPLOCA (Greek. /U'W, around, and phkfin. to 

 twiiir: aliiiiliii;,' to tlif twining habit). Ascfepiadiiceie. 

 '!'« mill:;, ranly ii].ii^'lit. L;lalirons shrubs, with opposite, 

 ilnidui'iis ur IN I rm-riii t iitirt* lvs. or sometimes leafless, 

 anil w itii rathir small usually dark-colored fls. in axillary 

 or terniinal cymes. Most of the species are subtropical, 

 but the only species cult, in this country is hardy north 

 to New York, and can be grown even in Canada when 

 trailing on the ground and somewhat protected during 



(1) Var. laciniata i /'. /</./„/,//.(, Il,,ri. 'I'l 



Nankin4nsis fuliis at , ■'■inn-pin-^ is htmnith 



nary) has lvs. cut marly i.. Ilir miilillr, 

 dulate, wrinkli'il or fiis|.iil. Colors saiil 

 intense. Int. about la'ri. P.(t. 2:77. (21 

 phylla {P. JYankinhisis mmvophylla comi 

 is a large-lvd. form characterized by its : 

 shaped" form. The lvs. are wavy-fringed. 



irreenwood cuttings in summer under glass ; also Ijy 



Twelve species, distributed from S. Eu. to trop. Africa, 

 China and E. India. Shrubs, with milky juice: fls. in 

 axillary or terminal cymes; calyx 5-lobed; corolla 5- 

 parted, bearing inside at the base a 5- or 10-lobed 

 iiown; stamens 5, with very short filaments and with 



