An introduction to physiological and systematical botany / by James Edward Smith.
- James Edward Smith
- Date:
- 1814
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An introduction to physiological and systematical botany / by James Edward Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![the surrounding vessels, by growing less turgid, with- draw their pressure from such orifices. When this scent of new hay is vehement, it becomes the flavour of bitter almonds. The taste of syrup of capillaire, given by an infusion of Orange flowers, is found in the her- bage of Gaultheria procumbens,{\\) Andr. Repos. t.116, and Spiraa Ulmaria, Engl. Bot. t. 960, two very differ- ent plants. Some of the above examples show an evident analogy between the smell and colours of flowers, nor are they all that might be pointed out. A variety of the Chrysan- themum indicum with orange-coloured flowers has been lately procured from China by Lady Amelia Hume. These faintly agree in scent, as they do in colour, with the Wall-flower, Cherianthus Cheiri ; whereas the com- mon purple variety of the same Chrysanthemum has a totally different and much stronger odour. There is, of course, still more analogy between the smell of plants in general and their impression on the palate, insomuch that we are frequently unable to dis- criminate between the two. The taste is commonly more permanent than the smell, but now and then less so. The root of the Arum maculatum, Engl. Bot. t. 1298, for instance, has, when fresh, a most acrid taste and irritating quality, totally lost by drying, when the root becomes simply farinaceous,tasteless and inert;(12) so that well might learned physicians contrive the (11) [Partridge berry of the United States.] (12^ [The same properties occur in the Arum trifihyllumy or Indian Turnip, common throughout the United States.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21155082_0083.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
