LAVENDER. S18 



to the parts affected, the insects will certainly 

 be found dead in the morning. 



Lord Bacon says, sweet odours contribute 

 to health by refreshing the spirits, and caus- 

 ing cheerfulness. This should induce us to 

 plant lavender more abundantly in our gar- 

 dens and shrubberies, where its bluish leaves 

 form a pleasing variety, and its aromatic 

 spikes give an agreeable odour. We would 

 wish to see this fragrant shrub occupying 

 many banks in parks and plantations, where 

 the common passenger might imbibe good 

 humour from this reviving plant. It is easily 

 propagated either by seeds, cuttings, or slips; 

 and as the shrub gets older, the flowers be- 

 come more fragrant, on the same principle 

 that the fruit of an old tree is the most deli- 

 cious, or the wine made from old vines, the 

 richest and most agreeable. 



The lavender blossom has given name to 

 a colour, that is the gayest worn by our fair 

 young quakers, who are as attractive in their 

 neatness, as the Egyptian Queen in her robes 

 of Tyrian dye. 



It is as luxurious as it is ingenious to 

 have our desserts brought to table on a ser- 

 vice of lavender spikes, and it is equally 

 pleasing to see young females thus embellish- 



