Then one of the old women hastened, though with infirm steps, across her little garden towards the road, and stood by the edge of it among tall stalks of red valerian and a great plant of periwinkle which hung down over the wall.
"The Drummer's Coat"
J. W. Fortescue
A grove of great forest oaks and poplars densely shaded it, and made it look rather gloomy; and the garden, with the old graveyard covered with periwinkle at one end, was almost in front, while the side of the wood-a primeval forest, from which the place took its name-came up so close as to form a strong, dark background.
"The Burial of the Guns"
Thomas Nelson Page
Surely you have not, you cannot have been in those woods, Helen: and yet, where else could this periwinkle grow, and these wild roses?
"The Bride of Fort Edward"
Delia Bacon