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cover; also a piece of card the exact size of the 

 jar, which you must keep pressed down on the 

 flowers. Keep a new wooden spoon, and stir the 

 salt and flowers from the bottom, before you put in 

 a fresh layer of bay salt, above and below every 

 layer of flowers. 



" Have ready of spices, plenty of cinnamon, mace, 

 nutmeg, and pepper and lemon peel pounded. 



" For a large jar : 



" Ib. oris root, i oz. storax, i oz. gum Benja- 

 min, 2 oz. Calamino armatico, 2 grs. Musk, and 

 a small quantity of oil of Rhodium. 



" The spice and gums to be added when you 

 have collected all the flowers you intend to put in. 



" Mix all well together, press it down well, and 

 spread bay salt on the top to exclude the air until 

 January or February following. Keep the jar in 

 a cool place." 



To return to the Gardens at Knole. At the end 

 of the long gravel Terrace, which runs in front of the 

 south side of the house, lies a little Rose Garden, 

 on passing through which is found another Walled 

 Garden, entered by a flight of steps, and surrounded 

 on three sides by walls covered with Wistaria; it 

 is laid out with square beds filled with mauve 

 Rhododendrons. These hardy shrubs, so popular 

 because of their beautiful flowers, will grow almost 

 anywhere (if the soil is free from lime), though they 

 do best in a sandy peat soil. In many parts of 



