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WILD SWEET VIOLET (V. odorata). “Violets of the garden have a great prerogative above others, not only because the mind conceiveth a certain pleasure & recreation by smelling & handling these most floures, but also very many of these Violets receive ornament & comely grace.”

Sweet William Black Prince. By 1928. "Large flowering, sweetly scented double dark red, almost black blossoms are produced in an abundance on dark foliage on 18ins erect stems. Will bloom the year after planting, in mid-spring to mid-summer."

Advent 7. HOLLY (Ilex aquifolium). Hybrids of this are useful for the Christmas trade in this country. The greatest collection of different hollies is found in the Kew Gardens of England, where the "holly walk," planned inaugurated in 1874, contains over 120 species.

Advent 2. CRANBERRY A low trailing vine, growing wild in bogs & meadows. The berry has a very acid taste & is much used in pies, puddings, tarts, preserves. The cranberry is a plant of easy culture." Wm. Kendrick 1835

BASIL. Mrs Burn's Lemon. "Named for a gardener of, New Mexico who introduced it in 1939; she obtained the seeds from a neighbour who had been growing it since the 1920s. it is not closely related to lemon basil but actually a variety of sweet basil.

BROAD BEAN. Crimson Flour’d. By 1771. “Height about 4ft; flower bright red approaching scarlet. Pods medium size, with, 4-5 beans, similar in shape, but longer than the long-podded sort. An excellent bearer.” Mawe & Abercrombie. 1787.

PEA Carlin. (Syn. Black Badger). A dried pea, with a soft nutty brown colour, ‘Carlin’ is taken from the German ‘Karr’ meaning atonement, & it is the custom according to ‘Folk Lore of East Yorkshire’ 1911 to eat them on the 5th Sunday of Lent. Flower is a striking purple colour,

CERINTHE. (Cerinthe major Purpurescens). "An annual remarkable for the fingular colour of its foliage. It's flowers though not very brilliant poffefs a confiderable fhare of beauty. Both combined render it a plant worthy a place in our gardens. Curtis's Botanical Mag. Vol. 10

Viola cornuta. "Minor". P. Introduced 1776. "..and being a hardy herbaceous perennial, eafily propagated by its creeping roots. It has become very common in our gardens of which it is no defpicable ornament producing a profufion of bloom during the greateft part of summer."

SWEET WILLIAM. Auricula-eyed. P. “Dean's Auricula-eyed Sweet William, Most exquisite in form and colour. WILLIAM DEAN, Bradford Nursery, Shipley, Yorkshire”. 1865. Saved exclusively from the finest show varieties with rich colours and distinct white eye and margins.