266 THE ELDER. 



says 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 



LEAF AND FLOWER OF THE ELDER. 



the air 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 



