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Show PERFUME MADE IN GERMANY Qiowth of Industry Makes That Country Rival of Franco and .England. Vice Consul Fuller writes from Hanover Han-over thnt the German perfume Industry Indus-try Is now one of the most Important and successful In the world, rivaling that of Franco or England. He describes de-scribes It In tho .ollowlng letter: Somo of tho biggest factories aro In Lelpslc, but llerlln, Carlsruhe nnd Hamburg are Important centers of the trade. There hns been a vast Increase In tho last few jcars In the diversity of cssenttnl oils produced from plants and 40 varieties of thoso plants nro emplo)ed In tho German factories, which use ns well such products of foreign for-eign lands as nutmeg, clnnnmon, camphor, cam-phor, balsams, popper, musk nnd ambergris. am-bergris. Tho production of the essential oil Is expensive, ranging from about $227 a pound downward, according to tho scarcity of tho oil in the plant. With fresh flowers the distillation takes place as near the place of picking as Itosslble, as tho fresher tho products the better. Tho stills rontnln about 3,300 pounds of flowers nnd tho necessary neces-sary amount of water Great care Is taken as to the nmount of heat supplied sup-plied nnd to Its regularity, the process being thoroughly controlled, an excellent excel-lent product resulting. |