86 BOOK OF THE SCENTED GARDEN 
161-84. Essay on some of the influences that have 
determined the development of gardens in Great 
Britain during the past thousand years or so, and 
more particularly as showing the far-reaching effect 
of Italian influence as effected by the gardens at Rome. 
1897. Earle, Mrs. C. W., ‘‘Pot-pourri from a Surrey 
Garden.” London: Smith, Elder & Co. This is a 
charming book, with original notes on gardening, etc. 
On p. 8 the authoress says: ‘‘On the backs of my 
armchairs are thin liberty silk oblong bags, like 
miniature saddle-bags, filled with dried lavender, 
sweet verbena, and sweet geranium leaves. This 
mixture is much more fragrant than the lavender 
alone. The visitor who leans back in his chair 
wonders from where the sweet scent comes.” 
1897. Sternberg. ‘‘ Text-book of Bacteriology.” See 
pp. 199, etc., for records of experiments with essential 
oils, etc., and bacilli. 
1897. Grant Allan, ‘‘ Physiological A‘sthetics,” p. 77. 
1897. Richard Jeffries (cheap reprint). In this charm- 
ing work entitled ‘‘ Nature near London,” he describes 
Kew Gardens as being a great green book, whose 
broad pages are illuminated with real flowers, which 
ever lies spread open at the feet of Londoners. The 
chapter on ‘‘ Herbs” in this book is well worth read- 
ing, but the whole contents are delightful. 
Those especially interested in pickling, bottling, distil- 
ling, etc., will find much information in vol. v. of 
‘<The Country Handbooks,” viz., ‘‘ The Still Room,” 
by Mrs Charles Roundell. 
I901. “ The Book of Old Fashioned Flowers,” by 
Harry Roberts (John Lane, 1901). Contains much 
lore on sweet or scented garden plants and flowers. 
Chapters on ‘‘ A Garden by the Sea,” p. 13, and 
‘Night in the Garden,” p. 62, are especially 
interesting. 
