Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1893 — About Plants. [ARTICLE]

About Plants.

The Christ’s thorn came from Algiers about 1596. The Catalonia jasmine came from India In 1629. The pink came fiom Italy to North Europe in 1567. The Provence rose was well known in Flanders in 1567. The red oleander is an Italian; first described in 1595. The savin is a Spanish plant; first mentioned in 1584. The tube rose came from Ceylon to Europe about 1629. The tulip is indigenous to South Europe; noticed in 1578. The thorny evergreen started from Central Italy in 1629. The lavender is a Sicilian plant, and emigrated about 1568. The clove grows wild in the Moluccas; first described in 1586. The arbor vit* is native in Canada; first described in 1596. The red lily is Peruvian, and was taken to Spain in 1021. The laburnum grows wild in Hungary, and emigrated in 1576.