. Sweet-scented flowers and fragrant leaves, interesting associations gathered from many sources, with notes on their history and utility . are doublyvaluable— on account of their own intrinsic beauty, and secondly,because of the general scarcity just then of delicate flowers. It is quitesurprising what power the flowers of these plants have in perfuminga room, and yet their fragrance, though strong, is never overpowering.—Garden. Fritillaria pudica (iS^mZ^es/ieac?).—A golden yellow form of this prettyspring-flowering bulbous plant, with dainty scented attractions. Funkia grandiflora (Fl
. Sweet-scented flowers and fragrant leaves, interesting associations gathered from many sources, with notes on their history and utility . are doublyvaluable— on account of their own intrinsic beauty, and secondly,because of the general scarcity just then of delicate flowers. It is quitesurprising what power the flowers of these plants have in perfuminga room, and yet their fragrance, though strong, is never overpowering.—Garden. Fritillaria pudica (iS^mZ^es/ieac?).—A golden yellow form of this prettyspring-flowering bulbous plant, with dainty scented attractions. Funkia grandiflora (Flaintain Lily).—A pretty liliaceous plant withstriking foliage, throwing up spikes of white fragrant flowers duringautumn. F. subcordata, from China, is another variety bearinglarge white, sweetly fragrant, bell-formed blooms. Furze. See Ulex. Galanthus Perryii.—A species of our common Snowdrop, with large flowers possessing a delicate See Bubon galbanum, Galipea odoratissima.—An evergreen tree from Brazil, with whitescented flowers and odorous leaves. This plant produces theAngostura bark of Vinreiit Brooks, Day >)c Svii. Lh SWEET-SMELLING PLANTS 49 Galium suaveolens.—One of the common Bedstra^vs from Xorthern Europe, with whitescented flowers and aromatic See Hyacinthus. Gardenia.—A genus of sub-tropical shrubs from Asia and South Africa ;great favourites on account of the fragrance and beauty of theflowers. Several kinds are in cultivation, and none are betterknown than the Cape Jessamine, Jlorida, with pretty doublewhite flowers, largely emploj^ed for button-holes, ladies sprays, andin white wreaths, and also for scenting teas in China ; another so-called Jessamine, radicans, is a dwarf free-blooming variety,exceedingly fragrant; G, cahjculata and G. arhorea are Indianspecies; G, tomentom, from Je^xa, and G. Devoniana, from WestAfrica, are all sweetly scented. Gardoquia betonicoides.—An herbaceous greenhou
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