Attalea
a genus of American a distributing agent of the government, and in no sense a debtor of the ATTERBURY his kingdom to the Romans. They were 133 B. c., the last of whom bequeathed all patrons of art and literature. his kingdom to the Romans. They were 133 в. c., the last of whom bequeathed all patrons of art and literature. petals of three species of roses, viz., rosa roses), an essential oil obtained from the petals this precious liquid. These gardens are rose gardens of Ghazipur, in India, have long been famed for the production of this precious liquid. These gardens are rose bushes. The blossoms, which unfold large fields, planted with rows of small in the morning, are all gathered before noon, and their petals are at once transferred to clay stills, and distilled with twice their weight of water. The rose water which comes over is placed in lin to exclude dust, and exposed all night shallow vessels covered with moist musfilm of oil which has collected on the top is carefully swept off with a feather and ess is repeated morning after morning, till nearly the whole of the oil is separated from the water. Attar is also and Bulgaria. It is frequently adulterimported from Syria, Persia, Turkey, ated with spermaceti and a volatile oil, more species of andropogon, and which which appears to be derived from one or is called oil of gingergrass, or oil of geranium. Pure attar of rose, carefully distilled, is at first colorless, but speeddistilled, is at first colorless, but speedily becomes yellowish. It congeals below 80°; melts at 84°.
ATTENTION. See PSYCHOLOGY.