My first thought was Lamiastrum but a quick Google search showed this website WHICH MY COMPUTER WARNS ME IS UNTRUSTED!!!!! Peter (UK) Search Results *ARCHANGEL MAT* - Get Social With Garden Juice!<https://google.com/url/…> https://simplywaterbutts.co.uk/encyclopedia/… ... A *mat*, made in Russia, from the inner bark of Lime trees, used for covering garden *frames* to keep out frost. *...* Greenhouse *plants* of slender growth, with brightly-coloured, funnel-shaped *flowers* in summer; they are suitable in cultivation in *...* On 11 February 2014 22:13, Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net> wrote: > Can anyone tell me what an archangel mat is? I ran across the term in a > British gardening book published in the early 1950s: the way the author > wrote, it seems that by that time they were already becoming uncommon. They > were recommended for covering cold frames in severe weather. > Is the term an old generic term for some sort of floor mat? > > Jim McKenney > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where the weather report > sounds ominous - again. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >