orris root



 In message dated Wed, 28 Aug 1996 10:17:41 -0400 
Clarence Mahan writes:

>One comment on your message: The form of Iris pallida most commonly 
>grown in the US is quite lovely and fragrant.  Although the Italians now 
>use I. pallida for making orris root, the original iris used for this 
purpose 
>was Iris florentina.  And in my using both for making orris root, that 
>from I.

Thank you for the information!  I had seen references to orris root with 
another specific name and had wondered about this.  Now I understand.  It 
is, indeed "quite lovely and fragant".  I look forward every spring to the 
delicate blue flowers with their wonderful fragrance.  I had originally 
intended to try using it as a fixative, but have never gotten around to 
it.  And now I much prefer just to enjoy the flowers. 


Lucinda Ebert                e-mail:  tebert@sunstroke.sdsu.edu
Poway, CA
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