New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-09


sess a different scent.
Gathers Them for Pin Money.
From the fields and from tiny
picture book gardens the peasant
housewife gathers herbs for her own
using, to earn the few sous that con-
stitute her yearly spending money.
With a fat straw basket on her head
she offers them for sale. Boughs OF
feathery mimosa, making OF this odd
headdress a strange sight indeed, and
the garlands of irridescent onions
and garlic that dangle from the
vendors shoulders sending forth a
scent no less strange when mingled
with the pungent odors OF herbs and
the delicate perfume Of possible vio-
lets or white lilacs.
But France is not the only land
that raises herbs and blossoms for
winter perfume. Scarcely a plant
grows in that fairy tale country but
is possible for plain matter-of-fact
America. 1t is only that we have
never taken the trouble to look tor
them.
To buy sachets and perfumes from
the chemists seems so much less
trouble than getting freckles on ones
rose and scratches on ones fingers
going to the country to gather
plants. But the freckleS and scratches
aren't necessary. and the delicate
perfume OF dried garden blossoms
or woodsy smelling things is much
more to be desired for every day
use than the perfume with French
makers name on it. Any one can
buy the drug store products, but
taste and skill are needed in gather
ing plants for winter perfumes for
ones personal and house linen.
Vervan Will Grow Everywhere.
Vervain, the most tangible OF
scents, will grow in almost any To-
cality with cultivation. Though ma
tive OF the South, with winter shell
tering this plant will thrive among
the garden or back yard flowers all
summer. The leaves and tiny bios
SONS OF the vervain are equally
sweet-even the stems hold a most
delicate perfume. Let the branches
lie spread out on cloth in dry,
shady spot till the leaves will
crumblc in the hand.
Make long fiat bags of thin
Chinese silk in pale tones OF green;
fill with the vervan and fasten the
opening. Tack the bag every few
inches with self-toned thread to
prevent the contents slipping into
one end. and lay in the bottom OF
your personal linen drawer. This
rlant, commonly known as the lemon
verbena, or lemon trifoliee, can be
secured from any florist.
Little Heat for English Lavender.
English lavender will grow in
practically any climate, except when
exposed to too great heat, and once
started will remain year after year.
In the beginning, you must buy
plants, as it is practically impossible
to grow lavender from seeds. The
10y OF lavender-scented sheets the
whole year round more than repays
for the trouble OF little summers
work. Like the baby, once it gets
safely through its second summer,
your lavender plants, just from the
sheer Joy of living. are good tor
many years to come.
Little bags of violet muslin, or
lavender sprigged dimity, is what
you must use for your English laven-
der when gathered for your winter
perfume. Silk prevents the full es-
cape OF the scent; several small bags
are preferable to one or two large
ones, as they can be slipped in among
the linens.
The pink clover that runs riot over
summer fields makes most charm
ing filling for the layers OF your
linen drawers. Gather it before the
bees have stolen away all the sweet
ress. Pluck the entire stalk and
when dried strip the blossoms and
leaves from the tough stem, discard
ing the stem. AS much clover as
would provide whole armful OF