Joan Silver-pin 



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gas. I do wish he had not told me this ! Now 

 when I stand beside my Lilac bush I feel like look- 

 ing around anxiously to see where the gas is escaping. 

 Linnaeus thought the perfume of Mignonette the 

 purest ambro- 

 sia. Another 

 thinks that 

 Mignonette 

 has a doggy 

 smell, as have 

 several flowers; 

 this is not 

 wholly to their 

 disparagement. 

 Our cocker 

 spaniel is 

 sweeter than 

 some flowers, 

 but he is not 

 a Mignonette. 

 There be those 

 who love most 

 of all the scent 

 of Heliotrope, 

 which is to me 

 a close, almost 

 musty scent. 



I have even known of one or two who disliked 

 the scent of Roses, and the Rose itself has been ab- 

 horred. Marie de' Medici would not even look at 

 a painting or carving of a Rose. The Chevalier de 

 Guise, had a loathing for Roses. Lady Heneage, one 



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