The other day I found a wonderful looking ad that touted a collection of seeds for sweet smelling flowers. One was White-laced Crucifer. I had no clue what that was. I have decided, after poking around in period magazines and so forth that it is probably a rock cress or a wall flower. The family Brassicaceae , older name Cruciferae, is a very large family of plants with four-petaled flowers.
You can find some common names in Louise Beebe Wilder's Colour in My Garden .
You can find some common names in Louise Beebe Wilder's Colour in My Garden .
This book turned up in the search. There are some nice plates in this book.
