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 article titled Blooming Beauties, and it contained these charming brevities;
Sweet Alyssum is the most satisfactory of all the hardy annuals. It flowers early and late and all the time.
Curiously, some flowers are only fragrant at night, like the Hesperis tristis and the Lady Washington pelargonium.
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.
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