OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS 



Campion, or Lychnis Coronaria, the 

 two-coloured Aconite, the Amaranthus 

 Caudatus, or Love-lies-bleeding, the 

 Hollyhock and the Campanula Pyra- 

 midalis arrived at about the same time 

 from the Indies, Mexico, Persia, Syria 

 and Italy. The Pansy appears in 1613; 

 the Yellow Alyssum in 1710; the Pe- 

 rennial Flax in 1775; the Scarlet Flax 

 in 1819; the Purple Scabious in 1629; 

 the Saxifraga Sarmentosa in 1771 ; the 

 Long-leaved Veronica in 1713. The 

 Perennial Phlox is a little older. The 

 Indian Pink made its entrance into our 

 gardens about 1713. The Garden Pink 

 is of modern date. The Portulaca did 

 not make her appearance till 1828; the 

 Scarlet Sage till 1822. The Ageratum, 



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