Recalling flowers of times past

Carol W. Kimball

old-fashioned flowers
moss rose, thornless
The Ladies' Wreath, a book published about 1845

Kim11-041

Scrapbook

8: Communication Artifact

Documentary Artifact

The Day

New London, CT

07/09/2007

Carol W. Kimball

Carol Kimball had not seen a moss rose in years, pale pink, with a delicate scent. They are unusual because they have no thorns, only stiff shaggy hairs along the stem. She remembers moss roses, and the lemon lilies that were smaller that today's lilies, pale yellow and with a sweet small. Tiger lilies were her mother's favorite. There were rambler roses, vigorous pink and a smaller vibrant red. There were honeysuckle vines, lilies of the valley, Johnny-jump-ups, miniature pansies, opulent peonies of red, pink and white. There was a double syringa bush with a fragrance all its own and her friend's American Beauty roses and bearded iris. There was one yucca plant which she had heard called Candles of the Lord. There were wild flowers like Solomon's seal and jack-in-the-pulpits. There was Rose of Sharon, which her mother said was named in the Bible. And of course, there were purple and white lilacs. All flowers from her childhood.

Kimball, Carol

old fashioned flowers
roses
lilies
iris
honeysuckle
peonies
yucca
Solomon's seal
jack-in-the-pulpits
Rose of Sharon
lilacs
Johnny-jump-ups
miniature pansies
syringa bush