Re: Historic poisons

 
> In case anyone out there thinks I am plotting against my mother-in-law
> or the US government or something, I am not, I got hooked on Pietro when
> I was doing some work on the history of Lavender (almost certainly not
> "Spicae", it now turns out)

Anthony:

I would be most interested in learning what you have gleaned from the book
about lavender (Lavandula latifolia) and it's ancient designation as
"spica". My book by Judyth A. McLeod, lays the confusion at the feet of
Linnaeus himself. But I wonder if it's ancient uses did not designate this
species as "spica", "spike lavender", "essence d'aspic", etc. And where does
the biblical Nardis Italica, or "nard" fit in?
What's your take on the tangle?

It sure does well in the heat and dry of inland Southern California!
Jan Smithen
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