6 Old Time Gardens 



Annis thrive exceedingly, but Annis Seed, as also the seed of 

 Fennel seldom come to maturity ; the Seed of Annis is 



commonly eaten with a Fly. 

 Clary never lasts but one Summer, the Roots rot with the 



Frost. 

 Sparagus thrives exceedingly, so does 

 Garden Sorrel, and 

 Sweet Bryer or Eglantine 

 Bloodwort but sorrily, but 

 Patience and 



English Roses very pleasantly. 

 Celandine, by the West Country now called Kenning 



Wort grows but slowly. 

 Muschater, as well as in England 



Dittander or Pepperwort flourisheth notably and so doth 

 Tansie." 



These lists were published fifty years after the 

 landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth ; from them 

 we find that the country was just as well stocked 

 with vegetables as it was a hundred years later when 

 other travellers made lists, but the flowers seem 

 few ; still, such as they were, they formed a goodly 

 sight. With rows of Hollyhocks glowing against 

 the rude stone walls and rail fences of their little 

 yards ; with clumps of Lavender Cotton and Honesty 

 and Gillyflowers blossoming freely ; with Feverfew 

 " prospering " to sow and slip and pot and give to 

 neighbors just as New England women have done 

 with Feverfew every year of the centuries that have 

 followed; with " a Rose looking in at the window" 

 — a Sweetbrier, Eglantine, or English Rose — 

 these colonial dames might well find " Patience 



