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tain a semi-fluid state. About midnight it is removed from the fire, poured into strong 
bags, made of fish cord, and subjected to heavy pressure in large perforated iron cylin¬ 
ders, standing vertically upon marble bed plates, which are gently warmed, to prevent 
the congelation of the exuding mass. Next morning fresh leaves are added, and 
the process repeated daily, until the desired strength of perfume is attained; the 
pomade is then poured into cylindrical tin boxes, and sealed up for shipment. 
The oils are treated in the same manner as to maceration, but are filtered instead oi 
be The P process of “enfleurage” is as]followsLarge numbers of “chassis” or sashes, 
are prepared, about 2i feet long by wide, the frame itself being 2 inches wide and 
li thick, holding a stout plate of ground glass, and resembling in construction a large 
school slate. Those for the oils are about 4 by 2\ feet, proportionately heavy, and, m 
place of the glass, have coarse iron-wire network. The large factories have several 
thousands of each of these frames. , , 
Upon each side of the glass the pomade is thinly spread, and the surface is channeled 
or furrowed with a four-tined square-pointed wooden fork, so as to present the utmost 
surface for the absorption of the odour from the flower-leaves, which are thickly sprinkled 
upon it. The frames are successively charged with flowers, and piled one upon another, 
up to the ceiling. The leaves, confined between two strata of pomatum, wither, and 
yield up their odorate principle, which is rapidly absorbed. Daily renewals o t le 
flowers are made, until the proper strength is obtained. _ The perfumed pomade is t len 
scraped off gently, melted in a water-bath, and poured into cans. . 
In preparing the oils, coarse, heavy, spongy, cotton cloths, made especially foi th 3 
purpose at Marseilles, are saturated with olive oil, and spread upon the netted frames ; 
flowers are then strewed thickly upon them, and they are piled up in like manner a 
the pomade frames. When sufficiently charged with the odour, the oil is expressed 
from the cloths by powerful levers. . , • 
Many hundredweights of flowers and herbs are dried annually, are variously used m 
medicine, in cookery, and in the composition of scent-bags, cachous, fumigating-pastilles 
for the sick chamber, and kindred compounds of the perfumer’s art. , , _ 
The Parmesan or double violet is grown mainly at Nice, under the shade of trees, 
and yields a delicate and delightful perfume. It was the favourite odour of the Athenians 
under Pericles, and is now one of the most fashionable scents of the Parisian beaumonde. 
The flower-farms receive the highest culture. Under-draining was not practised at 
the period of my visit, but great attention was paid to irrigation. In some he cs a 
Cannes there were complete networks of irrigating-tubes, substantially laid in ceme . 
A ■constant warfare is waged upon insects, and each plant has its particulai borer, to r , 
or bue\ Continual vigilance is the price of success. , . , 
The heat in summer is intense, though tempered by the sea breeze; and the win e 
is, at times, as rigorous as at Washington or Richmond. • r 
Male labour costs 35 to 40 cents per day, and female lo cents.— American Gai - 
dener’s Monthly. 
MEETING OF THE AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of this Association was held at Boston, Mass., Sep- 
tC Th^first’session was held at 3 p.m. on the 5th, and was devoted mainly to the appoint¬ 
ment of Committees and the reading of the President's Address. At the ^ 1 , 0 ;“ of , t 
address, a proposed amendment to the constitution, providing for a permanent secretaiy 
with a salary, was adopted. 
Second Day. —Morning Session. 
The officers elected for the ensuing year were— 
President —Henry W. Lincoln, of Boston, Mass. 
First Vice-President —George C. Close, of Brooklyn, NX^ 
Second Vice-President— E. W. Sackrider, of Cleveland, Ohio. 
Third Vice-President -—C. A. Heinitsh, of Lancaster, Pa. 
Treasurer —C. A. Tufts, of Dover, N. H. < 
Permanent Secvetury —J• M. Maisch, of Philadelphia^ I a# 
