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1892. Sawer, J. Ch., " Odorographia." 2 vols. London : 

 Gurney & Jackson, 1 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 to which I am largely indebted in 

 the preparation of this paper. 



1893. Schimmel & Co., Leipzig, " List of Essential Oils, Organic 

 and Synthetic Products." A very handy pamphlet enume- 

 rating about 150 essential oils and about fifty organic and 

 synthetic products, showing what parts of the plant yield the 

 oils, and the main constituents of the products derived from 

 the oils and their chemical composition. 8vo. Leipzig : 

 Frederick Groher. 



1895. M'Donald, Donald, " Sweet-scented Flowers and Fragrant 

 Leaves." Being interesting associations gathered from many 

 sources, with notes on their history and utility. With an 

 introduction by W. Robinson, and 16 coloured plates. This 

 is a charming little book on the subject, and contains a very 

 full list of perfumed or scented plants for the garden. There 

 are good lists of Scented-leaved Geraniums (Pelargonia), 

 Roses, and Orchids. The introduction alone is well worth the 

 price of the book, being a nervous and well-studied bit of prose 

 by a past master in fragrant plants and gardens beautiful. 



1896. Ellacombe, Henry N. Canon, &c, " The Plant Lore and 

 Garden Craft of Shakespeare." New edition, illustrated. 

 London and New York : Edwin Arnold. One of the very best 

 of the many works dealing with the plants of Shakespeare's 

 time, and full of interest to all garden lovers. 



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, &c. 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." Seep. 199, &c, 



for records of experiments with essential oils, &c, and bacilli, 

 Grant Allan, " Physiological Esthetics," j), 77, 



