No following can be more productive of a study and love of word derivations and allied word meanings than gardening. An interest in flowers and in our English tongue go hand in hand.
Alice Morse Earle
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth (1901); Exact wording and attribution checked. Historical garden writing; personal judgments of beauty and the importance of childhood garden experiences are Earle’s opinions.
- Old-Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth (1901)
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