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to  a  muslin  sieve.  The  deep  red  particles  of  the  chili  can  then  be 
recognized,  and  also  the  camphor-like  fragments  of  rice.  The  mus- 
tard husks  are  known  by  their  cup-like  shape,  while  the  smooth  shiny 
appearance  of  the  linseed  readily  distinguishes  it  from  the  dull  brown 
of  the  pepper. — Scientific  American,  1874,  p.  197. 
GHAZEEPORE  ROSE-WATER. 
The  following  interesting  information  on  the  cultivation  of  roses 
and  the  preparation  of  rose-water  at  Ghazeepore  has  been  taken  from 
the  Catalogue  of  the  Indian  Department  at  the  Vienna  Universal 
Exhibition,  for  which  it  was  written  by  Mr.  R.  Saunders  : 
The  roses  from  which  the  celebrated  Ghazeepore  rose  water  is  dis- 
tilled came  originally  from  Bussorah.  These  roses  were  first  trans- 
planted from  Persia,  and  brought  to  the  ancient,  but  now  ruinous,. 
Hindu  city  of  Kanauj  on  the  Ganges,  and  thence  to  Ghazeepore. 
Somewhere  about  a  century  ago,  Shaikh  Abdullah  (the  father  of 
the  last  Nawab  Fuzl  Alee  Khan)  made  the  first  trial  of  a  rose  plan- 
tation in  the  vicinity  of  the  city  of  Ghazeepore.  Having  experi- 
mented on  a  very  limited  scale  in  his  own  garden,  he  discovered  that; 
the  soil  of  the  environs  of  Ghazeepore  was  admirably  adapted  for 
rose  cultivation,  and  since  that  period  it  has  by  degrees  been  ex- 
tended. 
The  celebrity  of  the  Ghazeepore  perfumes  prepared  from  these  roses- 
very  soon  spread  throughout  India,  and  to  other  countries,  while  to 
this  day  they  have  been  held  in  the  highest  possible  esteem  on  account 
of  the  permanence  of  the  odor,  and  the  peculiar  delicate  fragrance  of 
the  scent  for  which  they  are  specially  appreciated  in  the  mercantile 
world.  Year  after  year  traders  come  from  immense  distances  to  work 
temporary  distilleries,  for  the  season  only,  in  order  to  replenish  their 
stock  of  these  delicious  and  precious  rose-scents. 
Culture  of  the  Roses,  and  Plantation  of  Rose  Gardens. — Unlike 
the  propagation  of  the  specimen  roses  of  England,  which  depend 
chiefly  on  grafting,  these  rose  trees  are  raised  from  cuttings  which 
are  planted  out  from  nurseries  after  one  year's  growth  at  an  expense 
of  Rs.  25  per  beegah.  These  slips  are  watered  every  five  or  six  days 
till  the  setting  in  of  the  rains,  and  when  once  they  have  taken  root 
they  are  finally  transplanted  to  the  field  intended  for  the  rose-garden. 
Here  each  rose  tree  is  planted  three  feet  apart  from  the  other,  and 
