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Wardens, Quinces. In October and the beginning 

 of November come Services, Medlars, Bullaces, Roses 

 cut or removed to come late, Hollyoaks, and such 

 like. These particulars are for the climate of Lon- 

 don: but my meaning is perceived that you may 

 have Ver perpetuum, as the place affords. 1 



" And because the Breath of Flowers is far sweeter 

 in the Air (where it comes and goes, like the Warb- 

 ling of Musick) than in the Hand, therefore nothing 

 is more fit for that delight than to know what be the 

 Flowers and Plants that do best perfume the Air. 

 Roses, Damask and Red, are fast Flowers of their 

 Smells 2 ; so that you may walk by a whole row of 

 them, and find nothing of their Sweetness; yea 

 though it be in a Morning's Dew. Bays, likewise, 

 yield no Smell as they grow; Rosemary little, nor 

 Sweet Marjoram: that which, above all others, yields 

 the Sweetest Smell in the Air, is the Violet, specially 

 the White double Violet, which comes twice a year, 

 about the middle of April, and about Bartholomew- 

 tide. Next to that is the Musk Rose ; then the 

 Strawberry- Leaves dying, with a most excellent Cordial 



1 In Mr. Montague's edition this passage has been, I know not on what 

 authority, altered in the following manner : " Thus if you will, you may have 

 the Golden Age again, and a Spring all the year long." The allusion is prob- 

 ably to Virg. Geor. II, 149. 



2 " Fast flowers of their smells," i.e. do not give them out at any distance. 

 Comp. "The History of Life and Death," 1638, 12 mo., pp. 294-295. 



