84 BOOK OF THE SCENTED GARDEN 
& Stoughton, 8vo, is another very interesting little 
work on the fragrant vegetation of the Scriptures. 
1885. Gilman, Arthur, M.A., ‘‘ Rome: Story of the 
Nation” Series, p. 18. London: T. Fisher Unwin. 
‘On April 21, 753 B.c., we are told the shepherds 
began to build the city of Rome, and a feast of 
purification was begun. ‘Towards evening the flocks 
and herds were fed and the stables sprinkled with 
water from laurel brooms; sulphur incense, rosemary, 
and fir-wood were burned, and the smoke was made 
to pass through the stalls to purify them, and even 
the flocks themselves were made to pass through the 
same cleansing fumes.” 
1889. Blondel, R., ‘‘ Les produits odorants des rosiers,” 
pp- 165,41 plate. 
1889. Blondel, R., ‘‘ Parfum et mode de reproduction 
chez des roses,” pp. 7. 
1889. Boulger, G.S., F.L.S., “* The Uses of Plants: a 
Manual of Economic Botany.” London: Roper & 
Drowley. 
1889. Lindley & Moore, ‘‘ The Treasury of Botany: a 
Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom.” 
This cheap and handy work is almost indispensable 
to gardeners, and ought to be better known. 2 vols. 
London: Longmans, Green & Co. 
1890. Jackson, John R., A.L.S., ‘‘ Commercial Botany 
of the Nineteenth Century.” London: Cassell 
Sau, Gey 
1892. Leonard & Christy, ‘‘ Dictionary of Materia 
Medica and Therapeutics.” London: Balliere, Tin- 
dall & Cox, King William Street, Strand, W.C. 
1892. Sawer, Ch. J., ‘‘Odorographia.” 2 vols. London: 
Gurney & Jackson, I Paternoster Row. The author 
is still engaged on the subject, and hopes to publish 
a third volume. ‘This work may be considered the 
most modern and reliable work on perfumes, and one 
