Desert air.In "Save the Flowers" (SN: 9/24/05, p. 202), there was a line or two about carnations with an aroma of Earl Grey tea Earl Grey tea is a tea blend with a distinctive flavour and aroma derived from the addition of oil extracted from the rind of the bergamot orange, a fragrant citrus fruit. or fruit loops. Well, here in the Sonoran Desert Sonoran Desert Arid region, western North America. Covering 120,000 sq mi (310,000 sq km), the Sonoran Desert is located in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California, U.S., and northern Baja California and western Sonora state, Mex. , we have wildflowers that smell like sweaty gym socks, grape Kool-Aid, or even rotting meat. When I was helping edit a desert-wildflower book years ago, I found the information we discovered about flower scents amazing. JANE COLE, PHOENIX, ARIZ ARIZ Arizona (old style) . |
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