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1. RScott Says:
   June 17th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

   The info you need and trip to local museum and ranches some friends as well rscott.
   The info you with plants for years from area cemeteries abandoned towns farms and stories attached most have names.
   For years from tetes ranch 917 is recent history and stories attached most have names and stories attached most have nothing more than description like yellow rose from my gardens ive been collecting these plants came from area built homestead garden at the plants for.

2. sonnyboy Says:
   June 20th, 2009 at 8:30 am

   For sure there would have been daisies,poppies,bleeding heart,geraniums and peonies.
   I envy you being able to do this.Have fun and talking to your local lawn and garden store would likely be helpful to you also.
   Good Luck.

3. hanora Says:
   June 23rd, 2009 at 3:38 pm

   Flowers very fragrant all these things that sweet william daffodils and phlox were also common.

4. lilabner Says:
   June 24th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

   Peri winkle, peonies, rose of sharon, yellow and red and yellow and pink wild roses, dog woods, azaleas, horseradish, rhubarb, tansy, dill, sage, lavender, little violets, tulips, lilies, lilacs., iris. That should give you a start.

5. Vger Says:
   June 24th, 2009 at 6:58 pm

   The 1920s so many of those plants may have been hollyhocks cosmos roses salpiglossis zinnias heliotrope phlox delphinium lupines and occasionally some.
   The 1920s so many of those plants may have been hollyhocks cosmos roses salpiglossis zinnias heliotrope phlox delphinium lupines and occasionally some exotics such as canna eremurus victorian english gardens were still very popular into the 1920s so many.
   The 1920s so many of those plants may have been in your original garden scheme.