314 OIL OF ROSKS. 



Aiidropog'fli! Scliocnaiithus. The Indian distiller, on his 

 part, generalh' adulterates his Palma oil \\-ith another 

 oil. Coconut oil. It would therefore he better to fill 

 your scent bottle at home with genuine Oil of Roses. 

 Roses are extensivch' cultivated, not only in Germani,' 

 but also in England, for the purpose of making Oil of 

 Roses. In the "\'ear 18N4 the brothers Fritsche, owners 

 of the Leipzig Firm of Schimmel and Co., who are 

 to be highh' commended for their ethereal oils and 

 essences, extracted three kilogramme's of Oil of Roses 

 from German Roses for the iirst time. The^' have laid 

 out extensive Rose plantations at Leipzig and these now 

 cover a surface of 35 hectares. I take this account 

 from the report, which the above mentioned iirm publish 

 annually, and [from which one can not onh' tbrm an 

 idea of tlie magnitude of the business done in this 

 factorv but aLso gain an insight intp the rational and 

 scientific management of this enterprise, lender the 

 auspices of this firm a valuable work on ethereal oils 

 by E. Gildenmeister and Fr. Hoffmann has been pub- 

 lished, and to it I am indebted for much information. 

 Close to the Rose fields of Schimmel's factor\' are 

 extensive plantations of Reseda and Peppermint, besides 

 these there are also Tarragon, Artemisia, Lovage and 

 Angelica. Bulgaria is, and will long remain, the chief 

 country for the production of Oil of Roses, and it alone 

 is able to supply nearl}^ two thousand kilogrammes of 

 this oil. 



Palma- rose oil does not smell exclusively of Roses, 

 its perfume is more like a mixture of Rose and Lemon. 



