Bouncing Bet . . . (Saponaria officinalis) Introduced from Europe to North America.
Bouncing Bet was in earlier times the name of a washerwoman, which
in turn refers to the colonial practice of crushing Saponaria leaves to make
a soapy washwater on the Newworld homestead. One only has to tell
a little story like this once to a child, and they'll never forget. Think of that!
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(Photographs were made Sunday, the 10th of July 2005)
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