Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 11 · column 3 of 7 · from the scan, no model involved
air eaii reach all parts, gipat is its poww OT'er evil odours; sou* them wood of the hair-like leaves, cures fever and wounds, it has well nigh as many virtues as leaves; the pumpkin easts its tendrils far and wide; wormwood, what can equal this for fever and gout, for headache use an infusion of it plaster your head with a crown of wet leaves; horehound, it is hitter to the palate yet its scent is sweet. Drink horehound hot from the fire if you ate poisoned by your stepmother; fermel deserves high praise both for tis taste and smell and is good for weak eyes;* mint I grow in abundance and in all varieties.” But ''above all Strabo loved his roses and lilies "Roses for war and lilies for peace/’ We are told thaij •peonies are one of the oldest’ cultivated flowers, madonna lily is alsp very old. In these monads tery gardens grew much fruit and ma&y vineyards. 3 - Then there were the royal gar-i dens. About 1250 there is mention of the royal garden of Woodstock. i . ’ J James I or Scotland was captured when a boy of twelve , and kept prisoner at Windsor. While hepe he wrote ppem in "Old English* id, the ^Carden Fair,1*
‘and_the".fittle sweet* nightengale at Windsor. . 4
In the fifteenth century the “Mary Cardens” ‘ predominatedThe mother of Our Lord is shown seated in the midst of flowers. Sc full of syrobolism were these that .the subject it tot large for any
paper. *" •" ' t • V The gardens #f thehumble folk of this era are described as overflowing and fragrant with delicious scents of herbs and damask roses and carnations. .«£
The Elizabethan gardens were stately and enclosed by walls. •Within were many - walks. The summer house or a mound was popular. At Hampton Court1 in; King Henry’s garden-there was" a magnificent summer-house on a mound. - > |
When the Hugenots came to, England they started the first Flower Society, equivalent to our Carden Club and held a Florist’s Feast, the flower show. This was in 1637. • 4 s The most ancient gardens of the new continent were those oti (Mexico. The Spaniards describe them as being comparable in splendour to those of thd East. 4' About 1640 America shut her first rose to Europe.' Then followed the American walnut, the tulip tree and maple.
When Captain John Smith visit-; ed New England he described the ; gardens he saw as sandy cliffs and ' cliffs of rock planted with gardens and cornfields. : VT
The Dutch of New Amsterdam had each “a patch of cabbage” and a bit of tulips.
48.2%