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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 
