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Plant List from John Wood's Journal,
1819, Wanboro, Illinois

The following a list of plants described by John Woods near Wanborough in Edwards County in southeast Illinois in 1819. He was an early settler near Wanboro, which was founded by Morris Birkbeck. Both men were from Surrey, England.
The list is of the species plants he was cultivating on his three farms.

Cultivated Plants

Scientific Name Common Name
Muhlenbergia diffusa Nimble-will
Digitaria ciliaris or violascens (Eng)
Crab-grass
Trifolium reflexum Buffalo-clover
Medicago falcata Alfalfa (lucern)
Phleum Timothy grass
Zea mays Indian corn
Avena Oats
Triticum Wheat (bearded)
Linum Flax
Hordeum Winter barley
Pisum satium Garden peas
? French beans (haricot)
Fragaria Strawberry
Brassica rapa Turnip
Fagopyrum Buck-wheat
Gossipium sp Cotton
Nicotiana sp Tobacco
Cannabis sp Hemp
Cucurbita pepo ovifera Pumpkin or squash
Bromus secalinus or ?Sorghum vulgare Broom-corn
Humulus lupulus Hops (white bine)
? Indian peas (long pods w/ 9-16 kidney-like beans
Solanum tuberosum potatos
Phaseolus vulgaris Kidney beans
  Bunch beans
Brassica oleracea var. capitata cabbage
Allium onion
  shalot
Asparagus officinalis asparagus
Lagenaria siceraria Bottle gourd
Cucumis sativus Cucumbers
Petroselinum crispum Parsley
Raphanus sativus radishes
Capsicum pepper
Prunus sp peach
Prunus sp cherry
Malus sp apple