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Intro Mary Garden
(Note: 1937 Revision of original 1932 leaflet for the Garden of Our
Lady planted by Frances Crane Lillie beside the Angelus Tower at
St. Joseph's Church, Woods Hole, Massachusetts)
OUR LADY IN HER GARDEN
Rosa Mystica Ora Pro Nobis
Her Flowers
Lilies and Roses Most of All and Carnations
Iris is the royal lily and refers to her ancestry of the Royal House of David
OLD RELIGIOUS NAMES FAMILIAR NAMES
Christmas Flower Aconite
Our Lady's Flannel Bugloss
Lady-by-the-gate Soapwort
Mary's Pink Campanion (red)
Our Lady's Lace Dodder
Eyes of Mary Forget-me-not
Our Lady's Glove Foxglove
Swaddling Clothes of the Infant Jesus Fumitory
Our Lady's Thimble Harebell
Our Lady's Fingers Honeysuckle
The Virgin's Tears Virginia Spiderwort
Madonna Lily Madonna Lily
Mary's Gold Marigld
Visit of Mary to Elizabeth Milk Thistle
St. Mary's Seeds Milky Dashel
Our Lady's Mantle Morning Glory
Virgin Mary's Candle Mullein
Our Lady's Birthday Flower Italian Aster
Lady's Hair Quaking Grass
St. Mary's Tree Rosemary
Purification Flower Snowdrop
Our Lady's Resting Place Germander Speedwell
Mary's Hand of Pity Spotted Orchis
Star of Bethlehem Star of Bethlehem
Madonna's Pins Geranium
Lady's Cushion Thrift Pink
Our Lady's Slipper Lady Slipper
Herb of the Madonna Toadflax
The Dear Mother's Love Wild Thyme
Our Lady's Bedstraw Yellow Bedstraw
(added 1937)
Our Lady's Earrings Fuchsia
Lady Never-Fade Wild Straw Flower
Lady's Delight Viola
Our Lady's Keys Primula
Lady's Mint Mint
Sweet Mary Balm
Our Lady's Balsam Costmary
Lady Laurel February Daphne
Virgin Flower Periwinkle
Assumption Lily White Plantain Lily
Virgin's Bower Clematis
Mary's Slipper Bicolor Aconite
FLOWERS OF THE SAINTS
St.Peter's Keys Cowslip
St. Joseph's Flower Goat's Beard
St. Simeon's Herb Musk Mallow
St. Catherine's Flower Love-in-a-mist
St. George's Herb Garden Heliotrope
St. Patrick's Cabbage London Pride
St. Johnswort St. Johnswort
(added 1937)
Staff of St. Joseph Hollyhock
St. Bruno's Lily Anthericum liliastrum
St. Bernard's Lily Anthericum liliago
OTHER RELIGIOUS FLOWERS
Easter Flower Anemone
Form of God Bracken
Emblem of Relationship between the Divine Colt's Foot
Child and his foster-father, St. Joseph
Priest's Crown Dandelion
Elijah's Chariot Delphinium (white)
Whitsuntide Gillyflower Stock
Where God Has Walked Ground Ivy
Holy Bush Burning Bush
Trinity Flower Hepatica
Ladder to Heaven Lily of the Valley
Cross Flower Milkwrt
Kiss of Peace Mistletoe
Aaron's Beard Orchis
Trinity Pansy
Holy Hay Sanfoin
Shepherds of Bethlehem Shepherd's Purse
The Pink of God Soapwort
The Lord Himself Shall Give You a Sign Sun Dew
Immortality Tansey
Trinity Trefoil or Iris
Alleluia Flower Wood Sorrel
This is a small list of the flowers named after Our Lady and the
Saints, and plants of various religious significance. It was made
from English sources, because of course Catholic England inspired
the interest. We found some five hundred named after Her, three
hundred and fifty after the Saints, and about one hundred others.
All the names listed are not in the garden but from the adjoining
plan what is there can be found.
Church of Saint Joseph, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, the summer of
1937.