14 BOOK OF THE SCENTED GARDEN 
healthfulness of pure fresh air and sunlight near London 
in the days of the dandies. 
FLowER oR SCENT FARMS 
There are scent-producing flower-farms in several of 
our British colonies in South Africa, and in Australia ; and 
Colonel Talbot has obtained some success in Jamaica. 
The finest Peppermint, Lavender, and Thyme, etc., has 
for many years been grown at Mitcham in Surrey, and 
there is plenty of land suitable for this industry in Kent, 
Surrey, and elsewhere in the South of England. 
ScENT GARDENS IN LIGURIA 
The great European flower-farms for perfumery uses 
are, however, in the valley of the Var, a great triangular 
space of II15,000 acres, with Grasse at its apex and Nice 
and Cannes at each corner of its base on the Mediterranean. 
The flower, leaf, and fruit-rind harvest on this tract is a 
very large one, and the various odours are roughly 
prepared on the spot by maceration, distillation, 
enfleurage, or simply by expression, according to kinds 
and quality required. 
STATISTICS OF FLOWER CULTURE IN THE VALLEY OF THE VAR. 


Flowers, etc. Weight in Tons. Harvest Time. 
Orange flowers . : 1,800 zoth April to 31st May. 
Roses . : 5 ; 930 15th Jan. to 15th April. 
Violets : 147 zoth July to roth October. 
Jasmine : : : 147 Aug., Sept., and Oct. 
Tuberose . : : 74. be ee. Le es 
Cassia : : : 30 Oct., Nov., and Dec. 
Jonquil ; : ; 15 February and March. 
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS WITHOUT SENTIMENT 
When we go to visit the royal and noble gardens in 
England, what do we often find there? You will find 
