ESERE 
wane not Pay to pla 
ms thle subject ; “put it is too a for 
Joxe 9, 1860. ] 
nt Larch, as he r 
urham bee ‘ilanted 
y t 
that ores be 
ton ex 
i GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
| judge of the probable result of | such a an p epaima experiment, but 
we have little doubt that tl ald be a useful 
nanure, Pea the cost of its “aa pe dodá not 
ena its intrin sic value Sa nd i 
1 ways easily 
cured, and exi nt matter 
inspect the Chopwell woodi now, » he woul I have 
ha’ 
ro aad 
wheel might be used in the e AE of the 
i a Lemon, fill it up with pit 
529 
Singhs emove the inside 
paring which is very curie 
place it on the fire until the whole becomes carbonised ; 
then they pound it ina mortar with coral, Sandalwood, 
| pearls, ambergris, th bat, and part of 
dy of 
the be chameleon, the whole havin: 
been rebel Fy carbo mised and mois with 
Rose-water whilst ho E apply it inside “the eye- 
ids with a small ebo and believe, as did the 
Egyptians, that a prerie the eyes ‘a ‘sos in- 
Henné or oe is made with the tines 
doubt have his eyes Si ania in regard h the effects ‘of 
drainage in n the grow of w ‘oods and w ould give ea very compost. Road ser apings, peat, peat ashes, or other 
ick , might be substituted with | 
inr reference to my psi a in 1852. "Mle ee stated pratt) It would ve course i dle ess to make any 
in regard to the value Hi ch I prik bet cro would attempt where Fungi not rodu uced in sufficient 
attain in a certain number of yea i bl 
result is startling.” If ie were to "tit these igi the scale on which the experiment is made to be such, 
no ge would acts be se 2 ied a gran ty M. J.B. 
by an I conclude my re g that 
the avery in thom ite abet Ae tended Q t vill be of 
ing value to the Cro report sets | ON THE ART OF PERFUMERY, ITS ed 
or un- 
epee with the results arising s Rom w an improved AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMEN 
state of arboricultural matters, Bro BY EUGENE RIMMEL. 
Grantown, May [Abridged from the Journal of ee Society of Arts. | 
[We have Sivi Aoter letter | 
MYCOLOGY,—No. 
BOLETUS ELEGANS, Fr.—The Lia of 
notice, together r with several allied pecias, is said by 
pr 
he present 
© kaite from p. 5 
-Amta 
01.) 
Prr 
chi r:hes Sei not only burnt incense as the 
| bi d fra t ta to perfume 
leaves of the Lawsonia inermis, which is used throug! 
out the east by the ear for dyeing of a red boloak 
thei eir ha nds and nails, their feet, and even Ahar hair; 
nd a white 
composition called schouda, which they es instead 
| of nar for Fp a natural bloom on the cheek. 
Am od ations, France and Italy were the 
first to resume the t use of perfumes. In the Piven olic 
ume the air at all 
ut they use pers 
numerous, and occupied a , quarter of the town named | a 
we 
t the baptism of Clovis, ya 7 Christian King of 
496. mes were also intro- 
by anything noxious, are not fie as to recommend 
pk eet +, ro t in ad 
tries where the pea asantr ry a 
redujed to eat bark brea, 
which are likely i 
available for food = it is 
now introduced, but poa 
when well grown it 
common and far from ielea t object, and because of 
its close connection with one or ah far more common 
species, which sometimes grow in such incredible SE 
tities as = make it a question whether they cannot be 
put to some economical use. 
, Bo letus elegans i is s remarkable in _common with some | 
i extremely viscid when moist, though in dry 
weather it becomes perfectly dry, as well as for possess- 
ing a distinct veil which forms a slight ring upon the 
stem, and is sometimes attached in ies end to the 
edge. From its nearest allies it is distinguished by 
ssc cap, and then remo ; but io 
cially by “ts being yrs with’) ttle. p ts, but not 
reticulate, above the da eig ani which is en ao 
whitish, and then acquires a yellow tinge; 
decurrent, iy simple golden: -yellow pores fn 
to sulphur. The flesh moreover is of a decided, though | 
pale y ie ow. 
This species, in conjunction with Boletus flavus, is 
Boletus Grevillei, Klotzch, and as such was ee in 
1836, in the English Flora; but whe ther the t wo are 
ertain that it is far best to take the name 
opted above. 
ed wood: 
England and in most parts of 
been mixed up authors w 
by ipotesi it is 
difficul: ult to ascertain its exact geograp 
ical limits. Iti is 
Vicus thuraricus, in the Velabrum. They were Tana in the 
incipal reeks, thei: ops were the common ce 
resort eeting-place of the fashionable loungers. | magne is sai 
Tt would sgan the limits of this paper to give a 
p ory of Roman perfumery, but those who | master pi 
may interest in the subject will find in 
mos 
enlarged by 
s XIV. in 1658. It was then Seeulaite to serve 
to be elected master, which shows it was alrea dy con- 
sidere red a ha! ndicr aft of some importance. Their pre - 
E 
hg Anarete various ungents, and Rose: 
which was always offered by noblemen to their pone 
at vals,” Alcoholic perfumes were not made till about 
the 14th century, and the first we e find menti oned is 
to some “authors, was prepared in the year 1370 by a 
Queen oF "Hangary, named Elizabeth, , who had the e recipe 
of it hat. se was asked in marriage at the age of ja ot 
the ge of Poland. The Reino of this s story is, 
ever, doubted by Beckm who devotes a sa 
peer nd iA the bev ite oye T am inclined to be of the 
reed 
erine de Medicis came to France to marry 
a Florentine e; named 
z Catherine ‘ut some mì 
| i to poison any on one by § such 
Perfamery v wine 00 at t 
with, ‘ "French sof bere 
ETUS ELEGAN! 
the latter of which, as the namie iata is ingi o 
As these and especially the former occur so mes 
in such quantities 
t them by 
ofit ably 
that it is M without m “neh aa from all ded of the r 
rtloads, 
Bor 
Natural size. (Copied bs bi permission from n Greville’ Scottish 
ryptogamic Flora.) 
a 
her is as follows :—“ Take 
a you the feed it on for 
WO days, kill “it asia distil i it with Myrtle leaves, tale, 
Almond oil.” It also gives a recipe for nakti. 
t > 
fipo From 
: ti 
ever, perfumery went on progressing, and at the court 
of Louis XV. nt Ale ette prescribed OT cous 
ne eee ores each ch one day, which 
‘ Pliny’s Natural Seton the list and description of | n 
the ingredients used for this pomor; which were yE 
orld. 
Ply 
a “ perfumed court.” Since then, the pa o 
of. civilisation and mas welfare has zamar 
of pe erfumery all ranks of society, an 
the chief mart of that fek foral all 
the “fall of the Roma “empire 
, 
1} 
Km 
question whether they may no ot b 
ir highly- nitrogenous , quality zn 
mpi 
become 
y from the | pa parts of the world. 
The Greek “emperors and thei ir 
g PA By rfumes, and at all pu ublic 
Zan ‘to rass land is visible enough to every one i 
1 
comparative of outla ay rie 
drawback to nee “tale of man 
of water which ha a ‘s 
when t uF oe passed off is 
can is one of c 
ve | trees for their ow 
| se city, a took 
px 
In Bogia perfumes were at first imported from 
vogue during 
gr 
mN fie pee often 
| Tta ly and France, and came in 
the eign of oes Elizabeth. 
| ed 
| fe se rk uns 
fresh “s ae air. Ais Oriona east ‘consumed also at 
as h a quantity o 
| aa 10. paa smiles 1 exten 
The Arabs, originating as as the 
perfam 
es, were natu ihe present day. They 
duoino 
ER. 
prou 
fear that | i 
thou Gh more promie eir constituent 
aara ts, ma; 
ntroduced pe! 
| fetes Bay sA 
N T 
rative manure. wever well worth t eri 
the 
Lan 
R 
< 
7 
= 
Seaweed are heaped 
together and left “ll the vegetable. aca is thoroughly 
and Sea: 
the pith depi $e rfumes 
among the midt n Arabe. 
interesting in this point of view, tha 
= tedly the same F prepárati ions that were used cen- 
uries ago, the ir composition and ap 
ption r 
moro n them as very 
they 
pom there is a large admixture FK animal 
which at repos rate does not take a 
the sam y be said of Fungi. k o 
guantitative ‘analysis of Fungi which may enable us to 
hat som ka of them 
wo ree the Egy This is evidently the case 
ans. 
| with the csauntat Rohl or Kheul, the recipe for pre- 
did from a- country England, as 
ne, to be 
latter 
ce that peri 
sllowed about the same rip as 
ched its prese 
