Pam Moore writes
On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:48:07 +0000, Sacha wrote:

I have a particular reason for wanting to find out what marigolds would
have looked like in the late 17th, early 18th century. Does anyone
happen to knnow where I'd find an illustration, or indeed if that type
is still grown?

I would have thought that calendula officinalis is the more historical
variety than tagetes. Introduced by the Romans, I think. What it
looked like300 years ago cannot be a lot different.

Presumably much like the wild calendulas in the Med - ie much the same
but a bit more delicate.

Tagetes are a New World genus - don't know when they found their way
across here.
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Kay