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Blooming Beauties like Sweet Alyssum and the Lady Washington Pelargonium: Flowers Praised in an 1894

“A simple way to remember the difference between Virginia Creeper and poison ivy is this: if the vine has five leaves corresponding to the five fingers of your hand, you may handle it; if it has only three leaves, you may not.” June 27, 1894 On this day, The Marion Star in Marion, Ohio, published an…