will suffice, to give an idea 03 

 'nd the obstinacy of some of the victim 

 caii a: the cold enfleurage which certain iU)v 



rs— the jonquil, the mignonette, the tuberose and the jasmine 

 -are made to endure before they break silence; and I 

 mention, in passing, that the scent of the jasmine is the only 

 )iie that is not to be imitated, the only one that cannot be ob- 

 tained by an ingenious blending of other odours. 



Large plates of glass are coated with a bed of white fa* 

 wo fingers deep; and the whole is thickly covered with flow 



As the result of what nypocrftical manoeuvres, of what 

 unctm)us .promises does the fat obtain their irrevocable con 

 'cnces? The fact remains that soon the too-trusting flowers 

 ii...c ; wthing left to lose. Forthwith, e " '^ "^orning, they are 

 removed and thrown on the rubbish-heap; and a fresh batci' 

 f innocents takes their place on the insidious couch. T 

 ield'in their turn and undergo the same fate; more anc 

 more follow them. It is not until the end of th 

 that is after devourine ninetv successive e^enr 

 trs, that the gr^v u> ,, 



