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atmosphere with spicy perfume on a sunny day, even 
in winter. All are plants mentioned in Greek and 
Roman classics, and to Rosemary as a bee plant, the 
peculiar flavour and excellence of Narbonne honey is 
due. 
Evelyn, in the dedication of his ‘“‘ Fumifugium” to 
King Charles II., notices especially the peculiar joys of 
Italy in the perfumes of orange, citron, and jasmine 
flowers, which may perfectly be smelt for divers leagues 
seaward. 
