(and to the red lavender draught) the commonest regard for consistency made it necessary that she should keep her bed for that day.
Her ladyship was feebly merry (the result, no doubt, of the exhilarating properties of the red lavender draught) on the subject of Mrs.
This arranged, her ladyship was free to refresh herself with another dose of the red lavender draught, and to sleep the sleep of the just who close their eyes with the composing conviction that they have done their duty.
It was contrary to all rule and precedent; it savored of quackery--the red lavender had no business to do what the red lavender had done--but there she was, nevertheless, up and dressed, and contemplating a journey to London on the next day but one.
This was old Christopher Casby--recognisable at a glance--as unchanged in twenty years and upward as his own solid furniture--as little touched by the influence of the varying seasons as the old rose-leaves and old
lavender in his porcelain jars.
"Upon my word, here's a state of things!" cried the old lady, taking the seat of honor prepared for her, and settling the folds of her
lavender moire with a great rustle.
Yet, the smell of a YAHOO continuing very offensive, I always keep my nose well stopped with rue,
lavender, or tobacco leaves.
"It is enough that God understands me, wife," replied Sancho; "for he is the understander of all things; that will do; but mind, sister, you must look to Dapple carefully for the next three days, so that he may be fit to take arms; double his feed, and see to the pack-saddle and other harness, for it is not to a wedding we are bound, but to go round the world, and play at give and take with giants and dragons and monsters, and hear hissings and roarings and bellowings and howlings; and even all this would be
lavender, if we had not to reckon with Yanguesans and enchanted Moors."
We knew very well that things of this sort were considered vulgar, unless of the purest quality and used with the tact of good society; but still it was permitted to sprinkle a very little
lavender, or exquisite eau de cologne, on a pocket-handkerchief.
She carries some small litter in a reticule which she calls her documents, principally consisting of paper matches and dry
lavender. A sallow prisoner has come up, in custody, for the half- dozenth time to make a personal application "to purge himself of his contempt," which, being a solitary surviving executor who has fallen into a state of conglomeration about accounts of which it is not pretended that he had ever any knowledge, he is not at all likely ever to do.
This flag was divided into four quarters, one being colored sky-blue, another pink, a third
lavender and a fourth white.
Forget French and Spanish
lavenders. They aren't hardy here.
My final visit was to Downderry Nursery in Tonbridge, Kent, to meet Simon Charlesworth, who started collecting
lavenders in his greenhouse 23 years ago.
The English
lavenders (some examples include Hidcote, Munstead, or Jean Davis) are perfect for fragrance, while Lavandin varieties (such as Grosso, Provence, and Grappenhall) produce more flowers with a higher concentration of essential oil making them a kitchen choice.
LAVENDERS are one of the best-known and best-loved of all of our garden plants.
