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Herbals

Herbals in the Folger collections
Love-in-idleness, Part One: Adapting an early modern recipe for heartsease cordial
purple pansy floating in pink cocktail
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Love-in-idleness, Part One: Adapting an early modern recipe for heartsease cordial

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Marissa Nicosia

Marissa Nicosia adapts an early modern recipe for heartsease cordial. This purple pansy syrup was used to “clear the heart” – to treat the chest and lungs or to reduce fever – but also for healing heartaches.

The Elizabethan Garden: 11 plants Shakespeare would have known well
Elizabethan Garden
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The Elizabethan Garden: 11 plants Shakespeare would have known well

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Esther French

The text for this blog post is adapted from an article in the Summer 2009 issue of Folger Magazine. Shakespeare, who grew up in a riverside country town and was the grandchild of prosperous farmers, refers with familiarity to an extraordinary number of plants…