Sweet-scented Annuals 
allied to that of the Bean-blossom, but the best 
scent of all the Pea and Bean tribe is that of 
Sweet Peas. It is a curious and extremelv 
regrettable fact that so many of the fine Sweet 
Peas of the newer kinds are almost scentless. 
Forty years ago the old hedge of mixed Sweet 
Peas was the sweetest thing in the garden. 
They were then in only four varieties of colour, 
the purple in two shades, the pink and white, 
the splashed grey and the white. It was many 
years before a brighter red appeared with pink 
standards and rosy red wings. But all were 
deliciously scented. 
Alyssum maritimum has a general pleasant 
scent, though it is nothing remarkable. Pansies 
have a delightful small smell, of a different and 
much better quality than that given off by their 
foliage masses in the later summer. The French 
and African Marigolds give off a strong smell 
from the whole plant, when they are touched or 
bruised, that to some people is disagreeable. 
One of the family, T agetes lucida, has a pleasant 
scent, like that of Anise. The Orange Pot 
Marigold ( Calendula ), also, can hardly be called 
sweet, though the strong smell is of a wholesome 
quality. Petunia is another plant with a heavy, 
not very pleasant smell. 
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