The essential oil of lavandula latifolia, admirably promotes the growth of the hair when weakly, or falling off.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie
Although it is only during comparatively recent years that the cultivation of lavender in this country has been sufficiently extensive to raise it to the dignity of a recognized industry, dried lavender flowers have been used as a perfume from the days of the Romans, who named the flower lavandula, from the use to which it was applied by them in scenting the water for the bath.
"Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch"
Sidney Heath