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Take a deep breath

IF ‘apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze’ then a garden replete with form and colour, but devoid of fragrance, is only half the garden it should be. With certain plants, the presence of perfume is a given: who would acquire a scentless rose in preference to one with a heady fragrance, however beautiful the flower? At this time of year, ‘attar of roses’ is a far-off dream—well, three months at

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