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Old Time Gardens 



deemed of such absorbing interest and fascination 

 that some rigid Puritans feared they might lose 

 their immortal souls through making their new 

 plants their idols. 



When Josselyn wrote, but few of our American 

 flowers were known to European botanists ; Indian 



Garden of Abigail Adams. 



Corn, Pitcher Plant, Columbine, Milkweed, Ever- 

 lasting, and Arbor-vitae had been described in printed 

 books, and the Evening Primrose. A history of 

 Canadian and other new plants, by Dr. Cornuti, had 

 been printed in Europe, giving thirty-seven of our 

 plants ; and all English naturalists were longing 

 to add to the list; the ships which brought over 



