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and have all sent home in a bandbox together ; each 
would prove a memorial of the other ; and long 
after the glory of the bonnet had departed, and the 
bonnet itself was ashes, the thriving Sweet Peas and 
Larkspur would recall its becoming charms. I have 
often seen the advertisements of these seedswomen 
in old newspapers ; unfortunately they seldom gave 
printed lists of their store of seeds. Here is one 
list printed in a Boston newspaper on March 30, 
1760 : — 
Lavender. 
Palma Christi. 
Cerinthe or Honey wort, 
loved of bees. 
Tricolor. 
Indian Pink. 
Scarlet Cacalia. 
Yellow Sultans. 
Lemon African Marigold. 
Sensitive Plants. 
White Lupine. 
Love Lies Bleeding. 
Patagonian Cucumber. 
Lobelia. 
Catchfly. 
Wing-peas. 
Convolvulus. 
Strawberry Spinage. 
Branching Larkspur. 
White Chrysanthemum. 
Nigaella Romano. 
Rose Campion. 
Snap Dragon. 
Nolana prostrata. 
Summer Savory. 
Hyssop. 
Red Hawkweed. 
Red and White Lavater. 
Scarlet Lupine. 
Large blue Lupine. 
Snuff flower. 
Caterpillars. 
Cape Marigold. 
Rose Lupine. 
Sweet Peas. 
Venus 5 Navelwort. 
Yellow Chrysanthemum. 
Cyanus minor. 
Tall Holyhock. 
French Marigold. 
Carnation Poppy. 
Globe Amaranthus. 
Yellow Lupine. 
Indian Branching Cox- 
combs. 
Iceplants. 
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