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Showing posts with label William Byrd's 1684 Flower Garden. Show all posts
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Friday, January 30, 2015

William Byrd's Flower Garden of 1684


Modern-day crocus garden, however, the bulb was traditional in colonial gardens
When William Byrd was touring Virginia during May of 1685,  he wrote a letter describing the flowers in his garden as being the seeds and roots from iris, crocus, tulip and anemone.  Source: Records of Henrico County, vol. 1677-92, p. 284.

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

William Byrd's 1684 Flower Garden

anemones
When William Byrd was in Virginia he wrote a letter in May of 1684 describing the flowers in his garden as being the seeds and roots from iris, crocus, tulip and anemone.  Source: Records of Henrico County, vol. 1677-92, p. 284.

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