"says that the gum-resin, called ', is supposed to be the incense formerly used by the ancients in their religious ceremonies, though not the substance known by that name in shops. It is much employed by the Roman Catholics in their chapels, for similar uses: when burned, it diffuses a very fragrant smell. This olibanum, or true frankincense, has been supposed to be the produce of the , but that plant does not afford any resin. The olibanum now sold in the shops is the produce of the ."
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Elizabeth Kent (writer)
1790 – 1861
Elizabeth "Bess" Kent (1790–1861) was an English botanical and horticultural writer, noteworthy as a member of the . Her best known work, Flora Domestica (1823), quoted extensively from and , who was her brother-in-law.
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