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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 
u 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 cc a Rose looking in at the window ” 
— a Sweetbrier, Eglantine, or English Rose — 
these colonial dames might well find cc Patience 
