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[Loren D Mendelsohn]

A quick search in EBSCOhost yielded the following article 
citation, which looks like it's what you're seeking:

Source:  National Geographic; Mar97, Vol. 191 Issue 3, 
p144, 1/4p, 1 color
Document Type:  Article
Subject Terms:
     HERBS
     MONASTERIES
Geographic Terms:
     ENGLAND
Abstract:
     Looks at how herbs that were grown by monks in 
England's Mount Grace Priory prior to 1539 have reappeared 
on the monastery's grounds in the 1990s. The reappearance 
of mullein and weld following archaeological excavation in 
1992.

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-- Galefridus Peregrinus
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Prof. Loren D. Mendelsohn
Chief, Science/Engineering Library
City College of New York
New York, New York 10031
Voice:    (212) 650-8244         FAX:      (212) 650-7626
E-mail: LMEND at SCI.CCNY.CUNY.EDU


On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 23:30:45 -0500
  Carowyn Silveroak <silveroak at juno.com> wrote:
>
>Greetings,
>  
>I need a bit of help, and I'm not sure where to start....
>  
>Over a dozen years ago, there was a one-page article in 
>the back of a
>National Geographic about one of the monasteries in 
>England that was shut
>down by Henry VIII.  They'd just opened it up again, and 
>when the
>restorers turned over the soil in the garden, plants that 
>the monks had
>planted started to sprout!  I kept the article, but it's 
>hidden somewhere
>in the files, and I'd like the full reference anyway.
>  
>Can anyone help me track it down, or even just the 
>citation?  (And if
>there have been any articles since that time of that 
>garden, I'll glady
>take those too!!
>  
>-Carowyn