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Show 1'EItFCMEKY lUHJIS. I-ojiIn nltli euiall means wbo are netrlil'ig rural uccujiatlou. nuJ who fear that the fruit iudu.-try Is lie-cumluR lie-cumluR overcrowded, wiull do well to consider the matter uf raklug fragrant llowers, sweet herbs and aromatic , Lints fur the valueof their tierfuiuei'. Wu have a rjimate and a hU which are In the highest dc-greu dc-greu adapted U the cultivation of (hu lbnta miMt valuable to the Kt-fumer, Kt-fumer, and to iu my cf there ilauts arenln-ady cuuimoii in ourgarJens that a Hilllcluut Hiily of youui; roots orcultiugi furjilantlnj; a large area of Un J could be obtained at the tuislleit iK.lUlecitet. The rose, the iasiuiuc, the onjuil, tbu orange lower, the iiarcUsus and ))osiuly the ca-sia, the eight ilauts mol valued for this jmrjioM!, tlourieli iu all Hie country vriuf the Hierras, and all but the cassia arc cummon to our gardeim. Aj iar as the herbs, Uvender,pep-iwrniint, Uvender,pep-iwrniint, rtmenuiry, thynie, marjo-ram. marjo-ram. and (he gurauiuiu, they grow every where with a vigor and luxuriance luxuri-ance that it K doubtless whether any other irliou of the gljt cjuld iiiatch. Very limited cx;ieri.iiviit li lieen made as yet with tne l'lcw, but to fur as their culture has o.eii Micees?fui. mil the tame may bemid of various aruuutlc wooils, (Hit the cltriuu plants, aromatic roU, htiU, lulius and gums, as well a the fruits moat eaeutial In the iirctaration of artillclil ni-umv, ni-umv, all thrive Iiere, and there eerns to l tu rc-.i-wu why California Cali-fornia sliould not comp ,itx. time to furnWi.-ill the perfumery used in this country. Thereis invbaMy no kind olfer.n-Ing, olfer.n-Ing, next to the iul(uie of orna-aieutal orna-aieutal Mimlis ami Huh ens which olIerhTOiinnyallraetioni to jjpl-of jjpl-of rellmtl tji-lc, and there are certain cer-tain advantages ill the culture of plants for llii. purjiose that cannot . enjoyed iu a uiljcellancuu'i uur--iry. It Is always mucb ea-ler t cultivate tar,;e beds of plants of a 'Und than it is t raic plants in a .ricater varkty, for in the latter case .-acli siecial stock must have its In-llvidual In-llvidual treatment, a necessity which involves a eunsUerable ex-leii'iitureoi ex-leii'iitureoi time and trouble. In idilitiou lotheraiieandciouwiiteui-t-if cultivation tlire is warcely an-iitlier an-iitlier ("necies of f.innng tint yields .urh large prjllb) to the acre. It is true that the culture of email plauLs always involves ca?eful uiiitiire and a conohleratile oulla ol work. One man nsiy care stweesft-nitiylora stweesft-nitiylora tweuly-acre orchard, In -ill but the fruit scni-oit, wliik- it Hill Like at least let men to cultivate the une acre iu strawberries, and perhaps per-haps nearly as many for a jierfuiiiery lurm of tlie Mime extent, but the returns re-turns represent a much greater ni3n;iii over the Investment. hesitate about going Into this Unl I nes becauiw it Is a new and com-1 paretively untried oik'. Otherv, I no are pattiaily infunmvl iu iIk sulject, are diecut! raged by learning the cusi ut a plant fr distilling lv:-fumes, lv:-fumes, aud the delicate nature uf the process. There N, however, onesimpleaiid im:Xtiiive process uf fcxtraclinic t!:e tsntial i-r-fumes of delicate I! went or hirlw. 4hicli is called "ubsorptlon," and jvliich any farmer'it wife can do iy way ot exivriiucut liefure taking up the cntc.ri.riM: as a regular indu." try. .Siuire wuoJeii lioxes, with xuart Ijottom.', are provideil. and uver these arr spKMd lajei -f puii lied I-.rd and auet. Freshly cut lower an-spread over the layer of fat every morning, ami removed the uexi day, wneu feslt ilowers take their place. TT.egreae finally lie-oonies lie-oonies heavily charged with the ermine er-mine of the bluaswvg or leaven, anl In a cnmrnerelal fonn. Any one rho will take plm t iuveatlgate Uieil ect will discover that there ire still olh r ways of securing pcr-fiimcx. pcr-fiimcx. which are quite as simple nix! effective, ar.d can 1 made to take the place of mure elaborate pro-wt, pro-wt, until the day of experiment ias atd and sorne little capital may lie eailarked In the enterprise. S. '. lirumtntr. |
