Gillyflower

In Elizabethan times, the Gillyflower was the flower of love, and featured prominently in all love poems and in courtships.

BellaOnline - The Voice of Women 2008

At one time the Wallflower was called the "Gillyflower," but the name is now only applied to a biennial and single-flowered variety of the stock -- a near relation of the Wallflower.

Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. John Wood

Ten Week Stock -- the "Gillyflower" of grandmother's garden -- is a late bloomer.

Amateur Gardencraft A Book for the Home-Maker and Garden Lover 1882

"Do you think you'd like it, Gillyflower?" asked Magda.

The Lamp of Fate Margaret Pedler

"It's no use, Gillyflower," she would reply with a weary little smile.

The Lamp of Fate Margaret Pedler

"Even you couldn't cut through 'ropes of steel,' my Gillyflower."

The Lamp of Fate Margaret Pedler

"You're such a dear, Gillyflower," she said with that impulsive, lovable charm of manner which it was so difficult to resist.

The Lamp of Fate Margaret Pedler

Two spoonfuls of Poppy water, two spoonfuls of Red Rosewater, one spoonful of Clove-Gillyflower Syrup, and a little Diascordium, mingle them together, and take them at the time of rest.

The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex Hannah Wolley

"I believe I could be quite good here, Gillyflower," pursued Magda reflectively.

The Lamp of Fate Margaret Pedler

By the way, I'm gong to learn riding, Gillyflower.

The Lamp of Fate Margaret Pedler