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| Titre : | The Book of Herbs |
| Auteurs : | Rosalind Northcote |
| Type de document : | document électronique |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : BiblioBazaar, 2012 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-230-47098-6 |
| Résumé : |
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ...Were sweet, as if they naturally had grown. The light gave colours which upon them fell, And to the colours the perfume gave smell. And in describing the bewilderment of a "young, tender maid," led through the magnificent court of some prince, he says she was:--Amazed to see The furnitures and states, which all embroideries be, The rich and sumptuous beds, with tester-covering plumes, And various as the sutes, so various the perfumes. In a discourse, intended to prove that the magic number five is perpetually appearing in all forms of nature, and that network is an equally ubiquitous design, Sir Thomas Browne mentions en passant, the "nosegay nets" of the ancients--that is, nets holding flowers, that were suspended from the head, to provide continuously a pleasant odour for the wearer. It is very nice to find a survival of the belief that scents affect the spirits and may be beneficial to the health, and in "Days and Hours in a Garden," E. V. B. declares herself to be of that opinion. "Sweet Smells... have a certain virtue for different conditions of health," she says. "Wild Thyme will renew spirits and vital energy in long walks under an August sun. The pure, almost pungent scent of Tea Rose, Marechal Neil is sometimes invigorating in any lowness of... Sweet Briar promotes cheerfulness... Hawthorn is very doubtful and Lime-blossom is dreamy.... Appleblossom must be added to my pharmacopoeia of sweet smells. To inhale a cluster of Blenheim orange gives back youth for just half a minute after... it is a real, absolute elixir." The sacristan's garden, devoted to growing flowers and herbs for the service of the church, has been already mentioned, and Henry VI. actually left in his will a... ** |
