A distinct fragrance emanated from them all.
Fertilization is effected by insects, especially by bees, which are directed in their search by the colour and fragrance of the flowers; but some pollen must also be transported by the wind to the female flowers, especially in arctic species which, in spite of the poverty of insect life, set abundant fruit.
Thus it frequently happens that in our gardens flowers have a beauty and a fragrance, and fruits a size and savour denied to them in their native haunts.
I did not eat them; but I loved their fragrance and enjoyed hunting for them in the leaves and grass.
The wood of the naio when dry has a fragrance resembling that of sandalwood, and is used for torches in fishing.