Southern Plant Lists - Southern Garden History Society
Southern Plant Lists - Southern Garden History Society
Southern Plant Lists - Southern Garden History Society
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Owens and Leckie<br />
1826<br />
Virginia<br />
Myrtle Seed [Myrtus communis]<br />
Ice plant [Mesembryanthemum crystallinum]<br />
Sensitive plant [Mimosa pudica]<br />
Imperial pink [Dianthus cv.]<br />
Maidens do [Dianthus cv.]<br />
Carnation Pink [Dianthus cv.]<br />
Pheasant eye do [Pheasant’s Eye Pink, Dianthus cv.]<br />
China do [Diantus chinensis]<br />
Evening Primrose [Oenothera biennis]<br />
Marvel of Peru [Four O’clock, Mirabilis jalapa]<br />
Double white poppy [Papaver somniferum ‘Double White’]<br />
Carnation do [P. somniferum ‘Carnation’]<br />
White egg plant [Solanum melongena]<br />
Polyanthus [Primula x polyantha]<br />
Rockets [Dame’s Rocket, Hesperis matronalis]<br />
Scarlet Snapdragon [Antirrhinum majus]<br />
Starry Scabius [Scabiosa stellata]<br />
Purple do [Mourning Bride, Scabiosa atropurpurea]<br />
Senna [Colutea arborescens]<br />
Saffron [?Safflower or Bastard Saffron, Carthamus tinctorius; Saffron, Crocus<br />
sativus; or Meadow Saffron, Colchicum autumnale]<br />
Double tall sun-flower [Helianthus annuus cv.]<br />
Sweet Sultan [Centaurea moschata<br />
Tangier Scorzonera [Tragopogon pratensis]<br />
Strawberry Spinage [Strawberry Blite, Chenopodium capitatum]<br />
Yellow Indian Shot [Canna, Canna indica]<br />
Crimson Trefoil [Trifolium sp., ?Crimson Clover, Trifolium incarnata]<br />
<strong>Garden</strong> Valerian [Centranthus ruber or Polemonium reptans]<br />
Sweet William [Dianthus barbatus]<br />
Thyme [Thymus vulgaris]<br />
Mexican Geminicia [?]<br />
Vines<br />
Balsam apple [Momordica balsamina]<br />
Scarlet morning glory [Ipomoea purpurea]<br />
Striped do do [?I. purpurea or Convolvulus tricolor]<br />
Balloon vine [Cardiospermum halicacabum]<br />
Painted lady peas [Lathyrus odoratus ‘Painted Lady’]<br />
Mixed sweet do [L. odoratus cvs.]<br />
Lord Anson’s do [L. odoratus ‘Lord Anson’]<br />
Cypress vine [Ipomoea quamoclit]<br />
Kite leaved ipomea [Cardinal Climber, Ipomoea x multifida]<br />
Purple hyacinth bean [Dolichos lablab]<br />
Mock orange [Philadelphus coronarius]<br />
Sources:<br />
“A Catalogue of <strong>Garden</strong>, Grass, Herb, Flower, Tree & Shrub Seeds, Flower-roots, etc. Sold by Bernard<br />
M’Mahon, Seedsman.” Philadelphia @1804.<br />
Hortus Third, A Concise Dictionary of <strong>Plant</strong>s Cultivated in the United States and Canada. Revised and expanded by<br />
The Staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium, Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc., New York, 1976.<br />
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