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Title: Sweet-scented flowers and fragrant leaves, interesting associations gathered from many sources, with notes on their history and utility
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: McDonald, Donald, 1857-
Subjects: Gardening Flowers Leaves Plants
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Tulipomania. In our days single Hya-cinths are universally preferred to the double and full ones, anddeservedly so, in our opinion. Hymenanthera Banksii.—An xlustralian berry-bearing shrub, withyellow fragrant flowers. Hymenocallis. See Ismene and Pancratium. Hyopithys.—A parasite on Fir and Beech trees ; the entire growth ispale in colour, and often with an odour of Musk. Hypocalymna suave.—An Australian evergreen shrub, with purplescented flowers. H. robustiim, from the Swan River, emits adelightful odour, resembling Orange blossoms, when crushed. Hypoestes moschata.—A perennial herbaceous plant from NorthernAustralia ; the v/hole plant seems pervaded with a singularly pene-trating Musk scent w^hich is powerfully retained even in driedspecimens. Iberidella rotundifolia.—A dwarf Alpine evergreen, bearing racemesof rosy lilac sweet-scented flowers. Iberis odorata (Siveet-scented Candytuft).—A hardy annual, intro-duced from the Alps, common in gardens ; its white and purple
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LILY OF THE VALLEY Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. I SWEET-SMELLING PLANTS 57 flowers are sweetly honey-scented. In cultivation it requires butlittle care, although the perfume from its bloom is more powerfulwhen the plant is grown in a poor light soil than when produced inrich ground. Icica altissima.—A Central American tree, with odorous wood andfoliage. /. Tieptaphylla, another scented kind, yields a materialused as incense. Idesia polycarpa.—A Japanese shrub of compact growth, bearingstrongly-scented flowers. Illicium anisatum (Aniseed Tree of China).—With scented fruit,largely used in Chinese cookery, and for medicinal purposes. /.religosum, a sacred Japanese variety, used in funeral decorationsand for burning as incense. /. jioridanum, from Texas, bears redscented flowers. The leaves when bruised exhale a powerful aro-matic odour. I matophyllum.—A sx^ecies of Amaryllis. Indigofera fragrans.—A variety of Indian shrubs, bearing scentedpurple flowers. Inula odora (Pl

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