Joan Silver-pin 
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gas. I do wish he had not told me this ! Now 
when I stand beside my Lilac bush I feel like look- 
ing around anxiously to see where the gas is escaping. 
Linnaeus thought the perfume of Mignonette the 
purest ambro- 
sia. Another 
thinks that 
Mignonette 
has a doggy 
smell, as have 
several flowers; 
this is not 
wholly to their 
disparagement. 
Our cocker 
spaniel is 
sweeter than 
some flowers, 
but he is not 
a Mignonette. 
There be those 
who love most 
of all the. scent 
of Heliotrope, 
which is to me 
a close, almost 
musty scent. 
I have even known of one or two who disliked 
the scent of Roses, and the Rose itself has been ab- 
horred. Marie de ? Medici would not even look at 
a painting or carving of a Rose. The Chevalier de 
Guise, had a loathing for Roses. Lady Heneage, one 
Old “ War Office.” 
