Old Flower Favorites 
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of Honestie “ in small quantities, that all might 
have some.” In 1 665, Josselyn found White Satin 
planted and growing plentifully in New England 
gardens, where I am sure it formed, in garden and 
house, a happy 
re mi nde r o f 
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 
j 
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. 
