OLD-TIME FLOWERS 
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* S cilia His panic a; Spanish jacinth; blue changing to rose- 
purple; also white, large white, flesh, rose. 
Scilia Italica; Italian squill; pale blue. 
* Tagetes erecta; African marigold; lemon-yellow to deep 
orange. 
Tagetes patala; French marigold; yellow marked with 
red to almost a pure red. 
Tradescantia Virginiana; Virginia spiderwort; “three¬ 
leaved blue flowers.” 
Tropoeolum majus; “Indian cresse,” yellow lark’s heels; 
nasturtium; yellow. 
* Tulipa Gesneriana; tulip. 
* Valeriana officinalis; valerian; whitish, pink and laven¬ 
der. 
Verbascum blattaria; “mullein, moth mullein”; white. 
Verbascum phceniceum; purple. 
Verbascum nigrum; yellow. 
* Viola cornuta; horned violet; pale blue. 
* Viola odorata; sweet violet; blue, purple. 
* Viola tricolor; heart’s-ease, pansy; the three colors, pur¬ 
ple, yellow and either white or blue. 
Yucca gloriosa; Indian yucca; “a box plant”; white 
shaded with reddish brown. 
SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS 
* Berberis vulgaris; barberry; fruits used for “shoe-peg 
sauce.” 
* Buxus sempervirens; boxwood. 
Calycanthus fforidus; sweet shrub, Carolina allspice; 
brownish flowers. 
* Cornus Mas; cornelian cherry; yellow flowers. 
Daphne Mezereum; mezerion, dwarf bay; lilac flowers. 
Daphne alpina; white or blush. 
Eleagnus angustifolia; oleaster, wild olive, tree of para¬ 
dise ; yellow flowers, small; fruit yellow, silver coated. 
