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The Scented Garden: A Complete Guide to Growing and Using Fragrant Plants
The Scented Garden A Complete Guide to Growing and Using Fragrant Plants Author:Pamela Allardice This is a guide to growing and using scented plants. It offers a choice of aromatic plants, herbs and spices, shrubs and trees, organized alphabetically by scientific Latin name. Each plant description includes information on scent and appearance as well as advice on planting and cultivation. There are also ideas for creating window boxes and ba... more »lcony tubs. The book opens with the story of scented plants, tracing their early use in religious rituals to their modern use in medicine and fragrant cosmetics. The author also provides recipes for making scented pleasures, such as potpourri, pomanders, powders and sachets.« less