It is at any rate a curious coincidence that the German name for the plant is waldmeister, wood-master.
"The Romance of Names"
Ernest Weekley
"Last year my brother proposed to his present wife in the woods near Baden while they gathered waldmeister," said a young German to a girl he ardently admired.
"Home Life in Germany"
Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
But the girl, as it happened, did not wish to receive a proposal of marriage from this young man, so she took care not to walk in the woods and gather waldmeister with him.
"Home Life in Germany"
Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick