RE: Re: OT-CHAT: Iris fragrance
- To: "'i*@onelist.com'"
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk] Re: OT-CHAT: Iris fragrance
- From: T* C* L* A*
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 08:39:56 -0500
From: "Title, CDR Lynn A." <titlel@spawar.navy.mil>
Does this work for our irises too, I mean the phosphorescence part? Has
anyone tried breaking rhizomes in the dark to check for afterglow? I
rarely weed at night <g>, but I *did* used to hammer wintergreen lifesavers
in the dark as a kid, to see the sparks -- I believe they call it
"phosphotriboluminescence". And I've heard of using honey as an antibiotic;
was it also a primitive fertilizer?
Lynn
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........And then there is this choice bit which may prove useful to know....
" In speaking of the Iris, Pliny said: 'If one will dig the root, let him
scatter honey water about him for three months to appease the earth with
flattery, mark a three fold circle about him with the point of his sword,
pull out the root and raise it to the heaven'. This ritual which seems to
have been considerably observed by the ancient herbalists and apothecaries
no
doubt owes its origin to the fact that phosphorescence is shown by the
fractured rhizome of Iris florentina, when dug at night."
Helen E. Ricketts, "The Use of Iris in Medicine and Perfumery," in Les Iris
Cultives, Paris, 1923.
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