Jangchub expounded:

Janet, you said the pesticide was in the leaves and something to the
effect of smellier the better or some such thing.

Actually, no, in Message-ID:
, FragileWarrior said:

Marigolds are old stand-bys for that kind of thing, the smellier, the
better.

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