1278 PERFUMERY GARDENING 



competent women to whom other avenues are closed 

 may find this work available and congenial. 

 Intending experimenters should seek further info 



tion in one or more of the books which 

 public. With regard to methods of ext 

 son's "Perfumes and their Proparntioii 

 fldently recommended. S.iwr's "' 'dnrn; 

 cially the first series) is valii:ii.lr )"itli t 

 and the grower. Piesse's "Ait ut I't rtuiiMTV " will also 

 be found useful on both sidus 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 

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

 AsrU-.. f(.r is'.ig. Vol. 22, part 2 of the Journal of the 

 Knyal Hurt, S..C. (London, 1898) contains a list of per- 

 that yield them, and also 



before the 

 ctiou, A skin- 

 may be cou- 

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FEBtLLA (said to be a native name in India). 

 Labidtw. Perilla Nankinensis is distinct among all 

 tender bedding plants by the color of its foliage. The 

 leaves are a dark, wine-purple, with 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 IH 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 lis. 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 a nearly 

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

 lobe of the corolla larger: perfect stamens 4. The 

 main point of difference lii s in ih.- iiutl<-ts; those of 

 Perilla are netted-veined. wluli ilh.-. ..f i i.llinsnnia are 

 smooth. Also the anther ci'M < r i 'i.liiii-iiiia are divari- 

 cate, while those of Perilla ar.' linallx in. r.ly divergent. 

 Perilla is placed in the .satne sulitribe 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 spieate or racemose. 



ocymoideB, Linn. Also spelled ocimoides. 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, eutire or variously cut at the mar- 

 gin. In the wild, it is a coarse, often shaggy plant, 2-4 

 ft. high, with lvs. 3-6 in. long, petioles 1-3 In. long: 

 racemes .'i-S in. long: corolla white or reddish, 2 lines 

 long: fruitiiii^ calvx t . in. lunir. Hinialavas, Burma, 

 €hina, Japan. H.^1. 2:1:1:.. -Spariii-ly run Wild. 



Var. Nanki 



V..SS tP. X.n,!.-: 



Decne. P. 



.ase wedge- 

 .ns); blade 

 i.'d, margin 

 lien young. 



phylla (P. 

 is a lari;..- 

 shaped " fo 



ibout 1872. P.G. 2:7; 



ikhihisiii macrophyll< 

 form characterized by its al 

 The lvs. are wavy-fringed. Habit 



(2) Var. macro- 

 tnpdcfa, Hort.) 



PERIPLOCA 



pact. (3) Var. eliltior {P. Nanltiiihisis macropliylla 

 elAtior, Hort. Benary) is a taller form of var. macro- 

 vhylla. (4) Var. varieg4ta (P. Nuiikhihisig foliis vurie- 

 gatis, Hort.) differs in having the foliage spotted with 

 white. (5) Var. microph^lla {P. JViinkinhisis micro- 

 phylla v)gricans, Hort. Benary) is a small-lvd. form 

 int. about 1899. -^^M. Scott and W. M 



1722. Peristeria elata-Holy Ghost Plant. 



FERtPLOCA (Greek, peri, around, and plekein, to 

 twine; alluding to the twining habit). Asclepiadctcecf. 

 Twining, rarely upright, glabrous shrubs, with opposite, 

 deciduous or evergreen entire lvs. or sometimes leafless, 

 and with rntlicr small tisually dark -colored fls. in axillary 

 or t.iininal .-yni. s. :\l,isr <.f tlie species are subtropical, 

 but til. ..Illy ^|.,. i. s .nil. in this country is hardy north 

 to N. w 'i..iK, aii.l ran l.i- Kriiwn even in Canada when 

 trailiii;; uii tlic yrouud and somewhat protected during 

 the winter. It is a vigorous and high-growing climber, 

 with handsome dark green and shining foliage, and is 

 well suited for covering arbors, trellis work and trunks 

 of trees. It bears fragrant fls. in summer and keeps its 

 foliage until late in fall. It thrives in any well-drained 

 soil and prefers sunny positions. Prop, by seeds or by 

 greenwood cuttings in summer under glass ; also by 

 layers. 



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

 China and E. In.lia. Shrubs, with milky .iuice: fls. in 

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

 partid. Iiiariii:; inside at the base a 5- or 10-Iobed 

 crown ; stamens 5, with very short filaments and with 



