CHAPTER V 



Woodruff La Reine des Bois Ordinarily very little senti- 

 ment in the old plant-names Goosegrass Lavender 

 Strewing herbs Sweet marjoram The " Dyetery of 

 Helthe " of Boorde Bistort Meadow-rue The globe- 

 flower Goafs-beard The salsify Nap-at-noon The 

 speedwells The sky-blue flowers of the borage The 

 herb of gladness " The Art of Longevity" Agrimony 

 Philanthropes The bindweed of our hedges Sea 

 convolvulus The much-encroaching yet welcome little 

 field convolvulus The yet more encroaching but less 

 welcome buckwheat The "Theatrum Botanicum" of 

 Parkinson. 



ONE of the most graceful of wild flowers is 

 the woodruff. It is also one of the easiest 

 to cultivate, as it spreads with great freedom and 

 speedily covers a large space with its offshoots. 

 It will grow, too, beneath the shade of other 

 things. Its charm of form and the delicate purity 

 of its clustering cross-like blossoms of spotless 

 white are points that at once attract. It is a 

 plant of the woods, and flowers freely in the early 

 Summer, though even well into August it may be 

 found in blossom. Though each flower is very 



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