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Show "THE SPIRIT OF FLOWERS." Lavender In a Way Unique Among Pleasant Smelling Plants. If, us tho South Sea Islanders say, scent Is tho spirit of n llower which Is their reason for covering newly-made newly-made graves with flowers then lavender lav-ender must rank vory high, .spiritually, In flower circles, Us scent being almost Its wholo claim to existence, though the grace of Its coloring should count for something also. One utters the truism that the xmoll of lavender Is unlike that of any other flower, forgetting for-getting more completely than usual that this Is true of every flower In tho world. Whether legendary or not, the theory that derives the namd of lavender from Its scent Is a very plcoB-ant plcoB-ant ono. Tho Welsh name for It, as far back as tho thirteenth century, was certainly Illfnnt and Ilfantly; so It Is easy to bollea that this, too, enmo from tho Latin lavaro, to wash, and thoreforo refers to tho old Roman custom of putting tbu flowers In tholr baths for tho sako of their fragrance. That laundry and lavender should havo a common origin Is mure poetic than It may sound. |