
                     Popular Colonial Garden Plants

The following herbs and vegetables were included in an order for 
seeds from John Winthrop, Jr., an early colonist, to his sources 
in England in the year 1631.
For persons interested in recreating th eherb garden of colonial 
times, the list may provide some historical clues to authenticity.

     Winthrop's Name                        Modern Day Name
     ________________________________________________________________
     Alisander                              Horse parsley (England)
     Angelica                               Angelica
     Bludwort                               Dock (pot herb)
     Buglos
     Burradg                                Borage
     Cabedg                                 Also Cauliflower
     Charnill                               Chervil
     Clary                                  Sage
     Colewort                               Cabbage
     Corn sallet                            Lamb's lettuce (pot herb)
     Endive                                 Endive
     Hartichockes                           Artichoke
     Hyssop                                 Hyssop
     Lang de beefe                          Bugloss
     Lavadg                                 Lovage
     Maudelein                              Field daisy
     Nipp                                   Catnip
     Punsland
     Skerwort
     Spynadg                                Stock

Other garden plants popular in colonial times included:

     Anise                                  Gillyflower
     Apple                                  Hop
     Bean                                   Jerusalem artichoke
     Bedstraw                               Lavender
     Beet                                   Lettuce
     Berries --                             Lily of the valley
       blueberry                            Mint
       cranberry                            Onion
       currant                              Parsley
       elderberry                           Parsnip
       raspberry                            Pea
       strawberry                           Pear
     Carrot                                 Plum
     Cherries -                             Pot marigold
       choke cherry                         Pot marigold
       pin cherry                           Potato
     Corn                                   Pumpkin
     Cress                                  Radish
     Cucumber                               Radish
     Dandelion                              Rose
     Dianthus                               Sweet flag
     Fennel                                 Tobacco
     Garlic leek

J. Robert Nuss, Prof. of Ornamental Hort.
P. A. Ferretti, Assoc. Prof. of Veg. Crops
Horticulture Department
The Pennsylvania State University
May 1987

PENpage Number:  0940181

