Jane’s Plant List (in order by page, from her Manuscript)

 

Page

 Name

              Common Name     
1 Bursa Pastoris [I?] [3] Shipherds Purse [sic]
2 Leontodon [I] Dende Lyon [sic]
3 Viola blue Violet with heart shaped Leaf
4 Anemone Anemone with many flos.
5 Frageria Straw Berry
6 Geranium Crane’s Bill
9 Hedysarum affinis [Id?] Anonymus
13 Nepeta [I] Cat Mint
22 Monarda Red Mint
23 Malva [I] mallows
24 Solidago  
26 Achillea [I] millefolium
32 Collinsonia Horse Weed
34 Aralia Sassaparilla
38 Cornus Dog Wood
40 Lupinus Lupin
41 Pedicularis Yellow Rattle
42 Viola with 5 fingered leaves
43 Uvularia the leaf pierced
44 Glaux Milk Wort
45 Crataegus White Thorn
45 Ornithogalum [1] Yellow Star
46 Hierachium [I] Hawk weed
50 Campanula with Heart shaped leaves
51 Azalea  
52 Lonicera [1] Honey Suckle
53 Convallaria [2] flowers at the lower leaves
54 Convallaria [2] flowers in loose spike
55 Vaccinium Bear Berry
56 Opulus [3]  
57 Triosteus permum  
58 Polygala Sennica Snake Root
59 Doronicum [3]  
60 Liriodendron Tulip Tree
61 Agopodium Three-leaved Agopodium
62 Cypripedium Lady’s Slipper
63 Vaccinium Huckell Berry
64 Sanicula Black Snake Root
65 Smilax Bind Weed
66 Agrostema [I] Cockle
67 Iris Flower de lune
68 Melampurum  
69 Lilium Martagon erect yellow Lily
70 Lysimachia 4 leaves in a cross
71 Andromeda Small Laurel
71 Kalmia angustifolia Laurell
72 Lymnodorum  
73 Apocynum Dogs Bane
74 Ceanothus Red Root
75 Diervilla  
76 Pyrola flowers in a spike
77 Hypericum [1] St. Johns Wort
78 Lysimachia flowers in a spike
81 Lobelia small blue Cardinal no branching
82 Oenothera the lesser kind
83 Sambucus Elder
84 Oxys [3] Wood Sorrell
85 Anthemis [I] Wild Camomile
86 Lamium [I] Red Archangell
87 Sophora [3]  
88 Vicia [2] Vetch
89 Actaea Richweed
91 Asclepias alternate leaves & yellow flwoers
92 Apocynum Indian Hemp
93 Phytolacca Poke Weed
94 Rhus  Sumach
95 Solidago Golden Root
96 Origanum [I] Wild Marjoram
97 Lilium flowers hanging down
98 Fagus [3] Chestnut
99 Thalictrum Meadow Rue
100 Agrimonia Agrimonioides tournef[orte]
100 Aralia  
101 Arenaria [I]  
101 Ranunculus Crow Foot
102 Ricinus [I] Palma Christi
103 Arbutus [3] a small Wintergreen
103 Bellis Little Daysi
103 Gaultheria  
104 Glycine [3] Apios Gronovii
104 Gnaphalium Autumnal everlasting
105 Aparine [I, 3]  
106 Anemone Anemone with tall stalk divided into two
107 Potentilla three-leaved 
109 Brunella Self Heal
110 Chrysanthemum [I] Large Daisy
111 Imperatoria [2] Master Wort
112 Dioscorea [1]   
113 Tilia _____? or Bass? Tree
114 Saururus Lizzards Tail
116 Physalis Winter Cherry
117 Polygala with blue spikes
118 Spiraea  
119 Lagopus [3] trifolium Hairs Foot
120 Asclepias with opposite leaves & purple flowers
121 Verbascum [I] Moth Mullein
122 Impatiens Wild Balsamina
123 Spiraea  
124 Lycopus Water Hoarhund
125 Mimulus [I]  
127 Soncus  
128 Scutellaria  
129 Lactuca [I?]  
130 Penthorum  
133 Polygala with conical spikes
134 Eupatorium Leaves in whorls
135 Oenothera large kind
136 Seratula [I] Saw Wort
137 Helianthus  small Wild Sun Flower
138 Veronica Speedwell
139 Convolvulus [I?] Great Bind Weed
139 Hedysarum [I?]  
140 Hedysarum [?]  
141 Clematis Lady’s Bower
142 Sagitaria Water arrow head?
143 Cephalanthus  
144 Orchis Purple flower
145 Eupatorium Leaves pierced by the Stalk
146 Lythrum  
147 Sium [2] Water Parsnip
148 Potentilla  
149 Eupatorium [3?] a running vine
150 Cruciatu  
151 Pulegium [3] Pennyroyal
152 Verbena Common Vervain
153 Gardenia [3]  
154 Digitalis pinnated Leaved
155 Lobelia small blue Cardinal with branches
156 Veronica  
157 Ambrosia  
158 Urtica  
159 Helzine [1] Cow Tongue
161 Euphorbia  
162 Rueckia  
163 Dalea [3]  
165 Hedysarum  
167 Saxifraga Geum
169 Hamamelis Witch Hazell
170 Salix Willow
170 Senecio Jacobea
171 Ribes Wild Black Currant
172 Aquilegia Wild Columbine
173 Ranunculus  
174 Padus [3] Wild Cherry
175 Potentilla five-fingered Grass
177 Convolvulus [2] smaller kind with ovally leaves
178 Staphylea Bladder Wort
179   Unicorn’s Horn 
180 Sisyrinchium Bermudiana [3]  
181 Stellularia  
182 Cerastium [I] Mouse ear Chick weed
183 Digitalis intire Leaved
183 Orchis a small white flower
184 Alyssum [I] False Flax
186 Iberus [I?, 1] Candy Tuft
187 Cercaea Enchanter’s Nightshade
187 Silene [I]  
188 Lysimachia more properly so
190 Prenanthus  
191 Epilobium  
192 Convolvulus [2] great with Heart shaped leaves
193 Campanula with small linear leaves
194 Scutellaria  
195 Aster with yellowish & whte flowers
196 Digitalis Saw Teeth Leaved
198 Cucumis [3] Wild Cowcumber
199 Chelone  
200 Scutellaria  
200 Solidago  
201 Poinceana [3] Sensitive Root
202 Solidago  
203 Aster Rosemary leaved
204 Bidens Spanish Needles
204 Saracenia [I]  
205 Hierachium [I] autumnal
206 Gentiana Purse like flower
207 Gentiana fringed flower
208 Aster from the Kats Kill
209 Rhus  from the Kats Kill
212 Helianthus   
213 Aster the large flowered aster
214 Solidago  
215 Mentha  
216 Teucrium  
217   Flowering Shrub
219 Orchis with one flower
220 Veronica Candy Tuft
221 Lobelia large blue Cardinal
222 Gentiana Dwarf Gentian small flower
223 Carduus [I?, 2] Thistle
224 Solidago  
225 Verbascum [I] White Mullein
226 Chenopodium [I?]  
226 Lobelia red Cardinal
227 Chenopodium [I?] Lambs Quarter
228 Solidago  
230 Solanum [I?] common Nightshade
231 Sisymbrium [3] Water Cresses
232 Hepatica Liver Wort
233 Sanguinaria Blood Root
234 Caltha Marsh Mary Gold
234 Claytonia  
236 Aralia Shrub
236 Erythronium Dog’s Tooth
237 Paris [3] Herb True Love
238 Dentaria  
239 Chrisosplenium  
240 Gnaphalium Spring Gnaphalium
241 Panax  
242 Mitella  
243 Uvularia not pierced
244 Leontica Christophoriana
245 Ranunculus with Kidney shaped — Leaves
246 Barbarea [I]  
247 Asarum Colt’s Foot
248 Berberis [I] Barberry Bush
249 Arum  
250 Crataegus without thorns
250 Veronica  
251 Rubus 3 leaved & single flowers
252 Scandix Myrh
254 Anemone Anemone with single flowers
255 Ranunculus Water Ranunculus
256 Viola yellow Violet
257 Viola with ovally leaves
258 Veratrum White Hellabore
259 Plantago [I?] broad leaved Plantain
260 Veronica  
261 Hyoserus  
262 Myrica Sweet Fern
263 Juglans Butternut
265 Rubus 5 leaved black Berry
266 Juglans Hickory
267 Juglans Black Walnuts
268 Agopodium Trebly Three-leaved Agopodium
270 Anonymus  
271 Geum  
272 Lithospermum  
273 Rubia [I or 3] Madder
274 Pyrola flowers on one side
275 Rubus large purple flowers
276 Oenanthe  
278 Prinos [id?]  
279 Laurus [3] Wild All Spice
280 Laurus [3] Wild Sassafras
281 Asclepias with a globular head of purple flowers
281 Asclepias with opposite leaves & with fibers seen of the — & purple flowers
282 Rumex [I] Sorrell
283 Prenanthus  
283 Rumex [I] broad leaved Dock
284 Rumex[I] narrow leaved Dock
285 Rosa Wild Rose
287 Persicaria [I] 4 species
290 Helzine a vine
291 Teucrium affinis?  
292 Fibraurea Gold Thread
293 Cynoglossum [2]  
294 Lepidium Wild Cress
295 Solidago  
296 Clinopodium** Mountain Mint
297 Helenea  
298 Rudbeckia  
299 Gratiola  
300 Anonymus  
301 Mentha  
302 Anonymus  
303 Solidago  
304 Abutilon  [3?, Ilex vomitoria Ait.?] Carolina Tea
305 Anonymus  
306 Fagus Beech Tree
307 Betula nigra lenta Black Birch Tree
308 Betula White Birch Tree
309 Quercus the White Oak Tree
310 Medeola  
311 Scandix [I?] Chervill
312 Filipendula  
313 Rumex [I?] ca–d cruiz?var
314 Aristolachia Virginia Snakeroot
315 Nyssa Pepperage Tree
316 Rhus toxicodendron a vine
317 Euonymus  
319 Vitis Grape
320 Anonymus  
321 Asperula [3, or I]  
322 Rhus Poyson Sumach
323 Epilobium great with purple flowers
324 Oxicocus Cramberry
325 Linium  
327 Alisma Water Plantain
328 Molugo [id?]  
329 Potomageton Pond Weed
330 Mespilus  
331 Prunus Wild Plum Tree
332 Isnardia  
334 Urtica  
341 Xanthium  

 Notes

  1. Jane’s “Ditto” was removed and replaced with appropriate genus as she defined it.  Misspellings are from Jane’s writing. 
  2. Genera misspellings in the left column were not corrected.
  3. Dark Blue text indicates confirmed native species.
  4. **A correction was made due to feedback from Artisan Lori Van Houten (Chenopodium was changed to Clinopodium).  In my review of the names of plants provided in the original penmanship I failed to go back to the identifications produced by the Garden Club, which in this case was very much correct.  If anyone out there notices this footnote, please take the time to explore: http://lorivanhouten.daportfolio.com and  
    http://lookingforjanecolden.blogspot.com as well.
    Footnotes Legend

    • [I] = Introduced
    • [1] = Genus name could be wrong
    • [2] = Genus name probably wrong
    • [3] = Genus name definitely wrong

    Dark blue names are confirmed native species.

    Additional Methodology Notes

    When Jane’s Index is compared to the illustrations that appear throughout the republication of her manuscript produced by the Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess Counties, it becomes immediately evident that not all of Jane’s plants are in the Index.  More importantly, her illustrations sometimes help to clarify the otherwise uncertain identifications she has made during her work.  For this reason I think it is important to note that I have made deliberate effort not to review Jane’s line drawings of the plants appearing throughout this publication, until I felt I had successfully reviewed all the other evidence out there by her father, in Latin, and by Jane herself in English, as a part of this review.

    Jane’s work adds something normally not available to scholars reviewing plant taxonomy work–she produced fairly reliable, detailed illustrations of many of her plants.  In the published book, there are more of her plants represented with the line drawings than there are plants discussed in the form of taxonomy notes.

    These drawings in fact provide the answers to a number of questions I have posed during the past few months reviewing Cadwallader’s and Jane’s work.  Janes illustration and text confirm my suspicion that she and her father had mistakenly equated the local Trillium with the European Paris.  It also answered some questions I posed quite a while back about various other exceptionally common plants.  Likewise my suspicion that at least one of the “Digitalis” species was a local yellow flowering “similar” Aureolaria was confirmed .  Her familiarity with the difference between Glycine (no. 104) and its similar Hog Peanut (no. 197) was confirmed (see photos of Jane’s plants for details on this).  Her drawing of Sophora tinctoria (no. 87) suggests it is Medicago sativa, instead of the traditional Sophora species of the Legumes.  Her “Myrica” (no. 262) is actually Comptonia peregrina.  Her Leontice (no. 244) apparently a Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictrioides).

    This fairly easy way of identifying the plants was kept at bay in order to pay ample attention to the other ways of interpreting the Coldens’ notes.  This is more a consequence of the many mistakes I have found in past historical reviews, which appear like few to most scholars, but to me are just enough for me to want to avoid making the same mistakes myself, or so I hope.  (Interpretation of Jane’s Gardenia history is a prime example of this in terms of the Coldens’ history–notes mentioning her Hypericum species, which she named Gardenia, are often mistaken to be a reference to the common decorative shrub Gardenia.)