Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj



User Name Thread Name Subject Posted
Ged Fox Cadgwith Anthem - what's that flower? (59* d) RE: Cadgwith Anthem - what's that flower? 10 Feb 16


"Beautiful Cashmere" in the earliest (1901) printed version that anyone has mentioned in Mudcat.
I, for no good reason, have always favoured the Himalayan balsam option, although I have not seen any nineteenth century source that backs that up.
What I did notice recently in a History of Hawick, was the fact that Himalayan balsam (along with giant hogweed) was introduced in the nineteenth century to the river Teviot by the processing of cashmere wool. The wool contained the seeds of those two plants which were washed out and subsequently naturalised themselves along the river. Given that the plants were new to the area, what would the locals have called them other than the beautiful cashmere plant and the other one?


Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.
   * Click on the linked number with * to view the thread split into pages (click "d" for chronologically descending).

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.