The book Plants And Their Uses; An Introduction to Botany was written by author Sargent, Frederick Leroy, 1863-1928 Here you can read free online of Plants And Their Uses; An Introduction to Botany book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Plants And Their Uses; An Introduction to Botany a good or bad book?
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140), and manj' others are tlm.s us(>(I to a greater or less e.xtent. These same volatile oils enter also intfj the manufacture of perfumer!/; ainl for this purj^jse many other volatile oils are more or less in demand, as, for example, the oils of nutmeg (Fig. 129), allspice (Fig. 123), .sassafras (Fig. 160), peppermint (Fig. 14(3), spearmint (Fig. 135), orange-peel and orange- flowers (Fig. 106), and the oil distilled from the wood of red cedar (Fig. 261). It is to the fragrant oil obtained fr...om the bark of white birch (Fig. 204) that the characteristic odor of Russia leather is due. None but fixed oils can serve as lubricants; and of these, only the non-drying ones are suitable. The vegetable lubri- cants most extensively employed are (1) olive-oil, used for this purpose mostlj' in southern European countries where a sufficiently good quality may Ijc obtained at a low price, (2) ■rape-oil from the seed of a variety of turnip grown widely in northern Europe and India, and (3) cotton-seed oil used largely in this country.
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