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On 26/11/04 4:33 pm, in article , "anton"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message k... On 25/11/04 11:27 pm, in article , "Rodger Whitlock" wrote: On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:22:16 +0000, Sacha wrote: snip And Ray has just recalled someone telling him that Queen Victoria was said to gorge herself on the berries of some myrtle or other -- maybe the lovely, strawberry scented one or Myrtus lechleriana? A sprig of myrtle was in her bouquet and was planted at Osborne House so I wonder which *that* was. At one time we had here a herb nursery with Myrtus communis supposedly derived from the sprig in Queen Victoria's wedding bouquet. Ray's theory on that - which is strictly personal and probably not verifiable - is that it wouldn't have been Myrtus communis because of the time of flowering. Victoria was married in February. 'scuse possibly ignorant statement as flouranging not ever been one my anorakdoms, couldn't the foliage have been used for some of the greenery on the bouquet, giving a fantastic scent too? Oh certainly - though the scent of the leaves is a rather musky, sexy scent. Someone in Greece once called it the scent of Aphrodite. I *think* the general idea was that she had the flowers in her bouquet, though if it was a fertility symbol, the myrtle leaves would do just as well, I suppose! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Sacha wrote..........."Someone in Greece once called it the scent of
Aphrodite. I *think* the general idea was that she had the flowers in her bouquet, though if it was a fertility symbol, the myrtle leaves would do just as well, I suppose! .........." Well if was for fertility it certainly worked. |
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