The song, “In an English Country Garden” celebrates the abundance of flowers to be found in those gardens. Among others, the song names roses, foxgloves, snowdrops and:
One lovely North American wildflower goes by the common names of jewelweed and touch-me-not. It is called jewelweed because its blossoms look like hanging jewels, but why is it called touch-me-not?
Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy, made careful observations of flowering plants, and thus discovered a novel use for flowers. He showed that flowers can be used to:
