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14S
Essences,
8fc.
useful
in
infusing
a
peculiar
cooling
taste
to
summer
beverages.
It
sows
its
own
seed,
and
comes
up
without
care
;
and
its
beautiful
blue
flowers
(which
appear
from
May
till
October)
are
very
useful
in
company
with
those
of
the
nasturtium
in
deco-
rating
salads.
Cinnamon
.
—
This
well-known
spice
is
the
inner
bark
of
the
Laurus
cinnamomum,
a
species
of
laurel.
It
is
largely
cultivated
in
the
Island
of
Ceylon,
especially
in
the
neighbourhood
of
Co-
lombo.
The
cinnamon-tree
emits
no
smell
while
growing,
except
a
little
from
the
blossoms,
which
are
white.
The
leaves
and
footstalks
are
slightly
aromatic
;
but
it
is
the
bark
alone
which
gives
out
that
delicious
odour,
to
which
no
other
perfume
bears
resemblance.
Moore’s
beautiful
simile
is
per-
fectly
true
to
Nature
as
regards
this tree
:
“
The
dream
of
the
injured
patient
mind,
That
smiles
at
the
wrongs
of
men,
Is
found
in
the
bruised
and
wounded
rind
Of
cinnamon,
sweetest
then.”
The
cinnamon
bark,
before
being
dried,
is
of
a
pale
yellow,
about
the
thickness
of
parchment.
The
best
is
rather
pliable,
and
that
quality
distin-
guishes
it
from
the
inferior
kinds,
as
well
as
its
colour,
the
commoner
being
browner
and