Daily National Republican

Acres of Flowers.-Thousands of acres of soil are annually planted with flowers in France and Italy, for making perfume alone. A single grower in Southern France sells annually 60,000 pounds of rose flowers; 50,000 pounds each of Jasmine and tuberose; 40,000 pounds of violet blossoms, besides thousands of pounds of mint, thyme, rosemary, etc., and he is but one of hundreds engaged in this branch of horticulture. The atmosphere of some of these towns is so filled with fragrance that a person is made aware of his approach to them by the odors which greet him miles away. Already, in America, hundreds of acres of peppermint and lavender are being planted, and the product exported to Europe. Though the Old World bears the palm in the Perfumery line, and London and Paris, with their Covent Gardens and Marche aux Fleurs, lead New York in window gardening, and the cultivation of flowers in pots generally: yet New York carries on a larger trade in cut flowers than either of the cities mentioned, or any other in the world. One New York dealer has sold, since last September, 50,000 carnation blossoms, 30,000 bouvardias, 70,000 Chinese primroses, 50,000 tuberoses, besides over 10,000 rose camellias, heliotropes, etc., and he is but one of a large number engaged in this business.- Home Journal.