As Acacia Farnesi-ana thrives very well in the Gulf States, the following floating newspaper paragraph may have some value to our readers there: "Important in reference to their value in rural economy are the Acacia Farnesiana, which produce the fragrant flowers so much used in perfumery, and the A. homo-malla, the wood of which is highly prized and dearly paid for by manufacturers of fans. In every Moorish garden in North Africa there can be seen a few trees of the A. Farnesiana, of which the flowers are gathered by women and children for family use; whilst in France and Italy it furnishes a not unimportant article of commerce. In the district of Cannes alone 36,000 pounds of flowers are yearly produced, for which the perfumers pay from 50 to 75 cents per pound, which would amount to about #45,000. One tree furnishes, according to age, from one to five or more pounds; and one acre planted with about eight hundred trees would produce in a few years a notable increase of income to many of our farmers, some pin money to their wives, besides making farm work and farm life both pleasant and profitable to their children.

But this pleasant prospect cannot be realized as long as the extraction of perfumes is not undertaken, because the Acacia flowers, like most of those flowers whose perfume is extracted, must be treated while fresh and on the spot."