Sentence:  At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her <WSD>nosegay</WSD>. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A small bunch of fragrant flowers or herbs tied in a bundle, often presented as a gift; nosegays were originally intended to be put to the nose for the pleasant sensation or to mask unpleasant odours. (from 15th c.)