Perriwinkle

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Perriwinkle: It's easy to sit back and criticize what others are leewall my ears ring.

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They have good Store of Rabbits, Quails, and Fish and you see at the poor Peoples Doors great Heaps of Perriwinkle-shells, those Fish being a great Part of their Food.

A New Voyage to Carolina; Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country: Together with the Present State Thereof. And A Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd Thro' Several Nations of Indians. Giving a Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, &c. 1709
Perriwinkle is a prolific heat and drought tolerant annual, perfect for our hot summers.

StAugustine.com 2009