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from the perfume being similar to that of the 

 spice so called, and the flower was, on that ac- 

 count, frequently used to flavour dainty dishes 

 as well as liquors, and it was also thought to 

 possess medicinal properties. Gerard says, 

 *' The conserue made of the flowers of the Clone 

 Gilloflower and sugar, is exceeding cordiall, and 

 woonderfully aboue measure doth comfort the 

 Jfiart, being eaten now and then." It was also 

 thought good against pestilential fevers. Gerard 

 tells us also that he had a Carnation with yellow 

 flowers, " The which, (he says), a worshipfull 

 marchant of London, Master Nicholas Lete, pro- 

 cured from Poland, and gaue me therof for my 

 garden, which before that time was neuer scene 

 nor heard of in these countries." From this ac* 

 count we not only learn that it was a flower then 

 cultivated in different parts of Europe, but we 

 find with what care they were procured from dis- 

 tant countries. The Yellow Carnation is still 

 scarce in this country, and although it is more 

 frequently seen in the vicinity of Paris than in 

 the neighbourhood of London, yet is it not so 

 common in France as other varieties, though Par- 

 kinson speaks of the Yellow or Orange-tawny 

 Carnation as producing seed in this country much 

 freer than any other kind of Carnation, and from 

 which he says numerous varieties were raised. 



