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sweet John
A name for the narrower-leaved varieties of a species of pink, Dianthus barbatus, as distinguished from those called sweet-william.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 96 Herbes..for windowes and pots... Sweete Johns. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. clxxiv. 478 Sweete Iohns hath round iointed stalkes, as haue the Gillo⁓flowers. 1629Parkinson Parad. 319 The sweete Iohn hath his leaues broader, shorter and greener then any of the former Gilloflowers, but narrower than sweete Williams. 1721Mortimer Husb. (ed. 5) II. 238 Sweet Williams, or Sweet Johns, are of several sorts, but the double and the Velvet are chiefly worth your propagating. 1911C. Mackenzie Passionate Elopement xxix. 257 The very heart of high June and hot July dwelt in that fragrant enclosure. Sweet Johns and Sweet Williams with Dragon flowers and crimson Peaseblossom. |