Some Notes on Bayberry Candles
Reprinted from The Chronicle Volume VI, No. 1, January, 1953 A report prepared by M. W. Thomas, Jr. and W. D. Geiger in connection with the operations of the chandlers craft in Colonial Williamsburg. General History The use of the berries of the Bayberry bush, ( Myrtle bush, Candleberry bush, Virginia Myrtle) seems to be …