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are pinnate, slightly notched, and of a peculiarly strong 

 and offensive odour, which is said to he unwholesome. 

 " I do by no means," said Evelyn, " commend the scent of 

 it, which is very noxious to the air ; and therefore, though 

 I do not undertake that all things which sweeten the air 



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are salubrious, nor all ill-savours pernicious, yet, as for its 

 beauty, so neither for its smell would I plant Elder near 

 my habitation : since we learn from Biesius, that a certain 

 Louse in Spain, seated among many Elder-trees, diseased 

 and killed almost all the inhabitants, which when at last 

 they were grubbed up, became a very healthy and whole- 



