Re: garden shows and mosquito repellant plants

**m* l* <m*@earthlink.net>**

At 10:23 AM 1/30/2008, you wrote:

>  Is there such a thing as "true curry" in the sense of it being one 
> plant? I thought curry seasoning was a combination of several 
> herbs/spices. But I'm Irish. What do I know about curry?

The combination is right, but there are two curry plants: the good 
one, used for culinary purposes, is Murraya koenigii, the other one 
smells like curry, and I think is Helichrysum italicum, and may 
flavor food, but should not be ingested.  Margaret L 

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