Joxn 18, 1860.] ` THE GARDEN 
ON THE ART OF shoot IMERY, e HISTORY, 
A L DEVELOPMENT. 
ENE R 
[Abridged ne je. J bona ge the city of Arts.] 
ace onti oie Ir om p. say 
ERS’ 
| Nardns s.] This is a very useful series, and the 
for ormer iek are grown to a considerable GAANA 
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o | possibly w ell suited, but the pyramids and slopit sloping bank bank 
Tey einai’ were contrivances by no means adapted 
o purposes of either sale or decoration. Had the: 
3 
fe 
æ 
= 
ree yen ne ` series, comprising the 
Oh ige, n, Cedrat, and Limette, all be ie ngi ng oe 
the Citas family. The, wi ind of the fruit only is use ed, 
Fo 
ad they would 
ration of opet of which oe pes ea are con- 
sumed both at home and abroad. _ The basis of all fine 
ee former is by far the best. On the coast of Geum 
it is agate by rubbing the fruit against a grate d 
nC 
Scarlet Geraniums, the brilliant Dio of vai id 
off the white and pa 
or oil extracted from the flowers, as I shall ‘explain 
may be called the oa artistic porko or 
alabria, by 
surfac: and in Fei, by pressing gently the pared 
hereafter. This m | rind i os oth ba 
perfumery, for a very limited number of flow 6. The spice series, including’Cassia, Cinnamon, Cinna- 
the perfumer has to imitate all the others. Thi Cloves Mace, Nutmeg, and Pimento. 
by studying resemblances and affinities, and ble nd ing} 7. me wood series, consisting of zon wood, Rose 
the shades of scent as a painter ors the colours on his | wood, pett Cedar-wood, and Sassafra 
palette. Thus for instance no ies me is extracted! 8. oot series, comprising Orris roo “a and Veti- | 
from the Hel eliotrope, nt as it a g cia vert. gat Vetivert or Anathe rom muricatum, ca called | 
flavour, by tap the besa ve a basis wi vith re ier in ee by the Hindoos Kus-kus, is pionie used in 
a fre 
tage. The entie stage, which 
was covered with grey | stene-ealcnieed cloth, a material 
that looked much better than green for pn a 
purpose, was prettily bordered with’ rows of common 
too thed a copod and the horer Isolepis oma well 
Indi 
of for ma aki ing mats and blinds, which, reve Poni 
I 
pi The seed enon gaere of Aniseed, Dill, and 
e balm and gum series, including Balsam of 
as Balsam of Tolu, Benzoin, Pona Myrrh, and 
Babin. the exception o m last, they are all 
x by 
that flower is > oaiae al a on with the 
will find on the table specimens oF those d 
artificial perfumes. There is also.a large quar aanw of 
toilet waters manufactured chiefly with an alcoholic pee 
basis. The most widely known is the ogne-water, 
which was invented in the last ury by an apothe- 
erry in Cologne. wever, r, be made just as well Cam) pho 
ms here else, l 
ath of Fra Its perfume consists principally of 
uit of the Bitter 
pea flowers, tel and Mind of the fr 
which blen and ioia an 
s of 
ri r is obtained 
eee the enh of tl ora. 
Ti 
quin Hous and Var 
he fruit gi ae Bitter Almon ds, Ton: 
lla. pe essential pists or Bitter 
pant sent t by pee rs. ollinon, of f Tooting oe and 
E. G. Henderson ; Lane, and others, 
po e whole the dis play was satisfactory ; 
and the beautiful inteme epg its ni we Boe 
r its fresh decorations, and Entei 
of artificial ai was a paila men 
fwhich, when lighted up, could not be ere than a 
stri ing spectacle of i ts kind, How far it may be able 
to retain effect when it shall have been stripped of 
its temporary uncarpeted, and intrusted to 
the care of market people we shall see hereafter, 
Home Correspondence, 
rlet Strawberry.—Where can I provas 100 
te a 
T, 
the toilet vinegar is a so 
balsams and vitepar: Lavender was form 
distilled with alcohol from fresh bas 
orate by digest oa the essential ‘oil in oo 
which produces tho same result at much les 
fhe ingredients Das for making up nt a are 
be numerous, and come from all parts of the world. 
re is:— 
an be removed oie aint tillin ng E, over oe 
obta: by 
a | naphtha with 'nitrie acid ‘ait sulphuric, add; or by some 
l alone. The naphtha is poured slowly 
oma, Sonik resi E 7 onger 
na pe ai 
Ji y of nating 
inhabiting iian a’ He ae of 
ui: d Chin called Tonquin 
some 
on of 
Archipela 
the arti 
winithadiced, bot we ne 
n|T a 
through a tube into the acids, decomposition follows, 
and the essence is found floating a ee surface, 
Artificial essences of Lemon and Cin e also 
been a but have not eas bro ane: i sufficient 
he Pe ear essenc 
ongo 
t has a most repulsive Gaus bý. itself, 
ain pp 
essence a buty ric "saber. ose e Feayite 
which c: 
Moe is the fruit of a creeper found pon in t 
Mex im 
_ | carrying 
e 
measures as 
nd; 
Old Sea 
plants of this Strawberry ? No other oh it for 
n vain tried to t from 
eg to send you for inspection three 
Eu Fasten White Spine Cucumbers, 
and a new Black Eeri a hybrid between Togene and 
Imperial. O in sending them is to show how 
rapidly they grow, Pay eight days rl elapsed from 
the time of setting until they were Boi in the 
season we hope to ard you han ‘pecimens. 
Last autumn we haa shem (Bagenie) 80 inches in length 
their Lara tod cor A gps? and bapa god 
proportioned. The y fine, rion 
may cut sprig without ‘nding ae ek The Em 
in pene long and 7 inches 
. round ; 
cumbers.— We be 
of Butler’s Empress 
but isl ba in small quantities with other verfumes | dil ting w row 2, 23 1 ‘oi ong Fifa und; and 3, 2: 
ee daces 2 pleasing on sass acetal j uting ith five or six times thee we ‘et of alcohol long. a th T} s og eat "The hybrid m 
fees which for a long time: puzzled ‘the savns, | In the above I have not Ran te the inodorous od Butter G M ip anapi G vent Garden - 4 
secretion of the sperm whale. When the animal is cee hirer ie 
aon preg it ejects the ambergris, which is found T shell mie aradan A Hed oils which mnie perhaps be gue“ This variety was raised 1y N Mr, ‘Webb, 
ce phen ens ob mo preempt coo on bas ib si for per and of whi ch 1 pE of “Cat alcoi Ea near Reading, fro im ted 
ve here a very curious specimen, eyr The a gibi’ oduced o rge e| With the ‘ Imperial Sakon Spine,’ and ‘Ne Plus Ultra ; 
pe ex a whale before the disease had co o Me A p, by Mr. Seman which bia ie advantage | ! it possesses perhaps m qualities than any other 
maturity, which accounts for its eres colour. he of not becoming rancid; crab-oil or carapal-oil, from sort at presens in cultivation, t ws from 24 to 
ber, rrie, P apparently possessed of little scent, | Demerara, which can = — ed se from est 30 inches in length, sometimes even more, carrying 
im most ethereal and delicate odour to other | coast of Africa; gingelly or sesamum oil, from India, | ÎS blossom on the end of the fruit, and is large, 
jalan mes. d by the Hindoos for tail et» purposes; a al of | straight, handsome, and remarkably prolific. When 
The floral from Otaheite, which is yielded by a cut, it has the good property of remaining fresh and 
hithérto been the me fh flowers Seales Sar for otters wild Almond. [?] sp for at least n fortnight, w MERE at all 
purposes :—Jasmine, Rose, Orange-flower, Cassie, Tube- (To be continued.) aay In short, it is a first-rate Cucumber for pur- 
rose, Viole nquil, and mts sus. Ou os en nee erm mcr s of exhibition; 5 and its long- -keeping qualities 
eight, four only yield an essential oil by distillation, NEW FLORAL —— china GARDEN, — ` 
viz., the e-flower, Jasmine, assie. Ax exhibition of plan i Both are very 
iene er be otto of comes princ } Cuc ers: even, so Gare they do not cut 
waste, pg in es state pei for present table use. 
all 
Turkey, where the flower is rane ee 
vated in nthe cag of ay late Bee” vag 
petitio , causes it to sa 
or less ee ilterated with an ol elle 
Garden Theatre, on Welnesday and Tharedey ay so 
The arrangement was in some ee different from | 
that of ordinary displays of the kind, the i 
The n new e sia sto have a touch of the-. 
having been a Ale to show the fitness of the place | 
for a flower market, for ee it is intended. 
Next Bow Street w: hug 
ma apan end of ps building at "a 
within 3 feet or so the This was 
entirely y Aled arte ay dii plants, pi as purple | 
cot 3 Stocks, Musk, and Mignonette in pe ne fe 
te 
f about 45° 
e flat — sloping from | folli 
angle 
Rot 
o an vies 
en Gu bat ts.—My attention has just been 
1a gone 1 ast Number, trom whi 
“The assertion that it was... 
1 
some 0 is palpably 
has an Seen ity of examining their 
Again se there was nothing a about the outward planking. 
f dist tinet aE ion “from t in 
Orange- 
The best is ans 
from the flow e Bigarrade, or Bitter Or range 
e o 
width, “the whole cigar by a double row of white 
flanked by some 
Standard Bays from 
Veitch. 
so far 2 
es "The extracts put into the e plai in language I 
ment 
front of this in gis oradi of the sae rose a 
ardea as broad at 
ae very inferior essence. The 
oils, Jamahi and Cassie, are vily 
md Tunis, and th eir high pric 
any extent. The pi 
Heperi the aan. of flowers is by | t: 
ge care ze a process, which I shall 
pb na from = flowers, 
E planta rw shrubs, and 
eight, and n 
the base, covered sich fon ers of cen 7 Calnieslie 
and bears e Pelargoniums, 
reanged 30 as to form bands 
of bo Funning from to = to 
and left “of, this were beds nar and 
taller growi ne ate, ee ed the 
ae a lengthwise. kot (75 west mien 
iat the market were three half pyramids ; 
consisting of 
the — 
two othe 
the one 
er, Peppermint, Fennel, 
and Hydrangeas, while 
[front was a greet pr “for olding bouquets, me | 
or such a purpose. On one side throughout | 
erry a Sashes HA 
f the Or tr 
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whole or ns the house was a border of bea 
Dato ee. all from the 
Opo; 
ame is on Ree iuttere 
m 
$ 
tate 
for scenting 
ecies, which yields 
N Andropogon ! 
honey 
the Ginger-grass oil of eretas, 
e Andropogon | othe 
essrs. Standish, 
tah 
| arti 
nothing, 
cosas 
me} 
gz oe 
Gane, 3 ae 
and | evi 
| can be transplanted with — grater success 
riod, may 1 a 
ustome q to use imply that I, in my place in ped ra 
so happens that in 
the month of July, 1868, upon going tote the gan 
boats then hauled up at Haslar, I thrust fsa 
my umbrella throngh the bottoms 
of three of them, 
| having that umbrella now by 
oe ee the inet Toh the a of it 
ugust) at whic 
evergreens of wn description, particularly page| 
“ other peri r readers who 
able for the beauty of their foliage. 
EMEK 
try t peas of Ke eas 
a few ae se and afterwards report — 
yh 
w: 
For theatrical purposes*such an arrangement wis! at th 
