(2) Thomas Percy in Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765) identified this snatch of song with lines in the Child ballad 'Fair Margaret and
Sweet William' (Child 74).
The Duchess' bouquet holds significance for the Royal family, and comprised lily-of-the-valley,
sweet William and hyacinth.
Kate's bridal flowers contain a touching tribute to her groom - her bouquet includes
sweet William.
" Also on her list of flowers, which are created using sugar paste, is the aptly named
Sweet William, for perfection and gallantry.
Sweet William Woods is the largest forest patch covering 59.7 ha.
Sweet William or the Butcher?; the Duke of Cumberland and the '45.
Sweet William from Capel gives the time-honored patterning a modern edge.
Last summer, I decided to plant dianthus, also known as
Sweet William. I bought seedlings in the annual section of our local garden center.
Children think it's a scream to eat flowers and there are many choices--calendula, dianthus (
sweet William), hyacinth beans, bee balm, nasturtium, scarlet runner beans, stock, violas, and pansies.
Annuals and perennials: Bacopa, catmint, Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve', true geraniums (Geranium species), hellebores, Iceland poppy, lobelia, narcissus, Shasta daisy,
sweet William.
DIED: Billy Edgar, 57, a pioneering gay actor who went by the name
Sweet William in the 1970s, of an apparent suicide, June 24.
Alyssum, Canterbury Bell, Cornflower, Gypsophila, Indian Pink, Larkspur, Love in a Mist, Nasturtium, Pansy, Poppy, Pot Marigold and
Sweet William.
