Old Flower Favorites 



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of Honestie "in small quantities, that all might 

 have some." In 1665, Josselyn found White Satin 

 planted and growing plentifully in New England 

 gardens, where I am sure it formed, in garden and 

 house, a happy 

 reminder of 

 their English 

 homes to the 

 wives of the col- 

 onists. Since 

 that time it has 

 spread so freely 

 in some locali- 

 ties, especially 

 in southern 

 Connecticut, 

 that it grows 

 wild by the 

 wavside. It is 

 seldom seen 

 now in well- 

 kept gardens, 

 though it 

 should be, for 

 it is really a 

 lovely flower, 



showing from white to varied and rich light purples. 

 I was charmed with its fresh beauty this spring in 

 the garden of Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright ; a pho- 

 tograph of one of her borders containing Honesty 

 is shown opposite page 174. 



At Belvoir Castle in England, in the " Duchess's 



Money-in-both-pockets. 



