Lavender

Today's the day ....................... for a perfumed blip

Pot-pourri making became popular in Britain in the sixteenth century when spices for underlying fragrance and ingredients for fixing the scent became more widely available. The finished mixtures were kept in bowls. In small houses with high windows, damp, and beaten mud floors, they were essential for sweetening the air.

The sharper scented herbs such as lavender, rosemary and southernwood which were added to them also helped to keep away infection.

LAVENDER POT POURRI.

Ingredients
(The quantities given are for dried flowers and foliage)

1 cup English Lavender flowers
1/2 cup Marjoram leaves
1 tablespoon Thyme leaves
1 tablespoon Mint leaves
1 tablespoon Orris Root powder
2 teaspoons ground Coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground Cloves
a few drops Lavender Oil

Directions

Mix the flowers and leaves together.
Blend Orris powder, coriander and cloves separately,
then stir in the lavender oil and add to the dried material.
This mixture can go into sachets or into bowls.


It will lift the spirit, cheer the heart and make all sweet .............