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Next is a small bed containing the 



Ord. 134. VERBENACEAE, or Vervains an order to which 

 the Indian Teak-tree, Tectona grandis, also belongs. 



Ord. 135. LABIATAE are a very numerous family widely dis- 

 tributed. Many contain reservoirs so well filled with aromatic 

 volatile oils that they find great favour both in kitchen and 

 boudoir. 



* ' Here's flowers for you : 

 Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram." 



SHAKESPEARE, "Winter's Tale." 



A mere list makes pleasant reading : Lavender, Lavandula 

 vera ; Patchouli and Sweet Basil ; Spearmint, Peppermint, 

 and Pennyroyal are species of Mentha ; Hyssop, Balm, 

 Rosemary, Sweet Marjoram, and Thyme are all Labiates. 



A small bed near the Acanthus is reserved for the Catmints 

 and Ground Ivies, Nepeteae, and another for the fine Ajuga 

 genevensis in the curve of the Stachydeae^ including the Dead 

 Nettles, Lamium ; Woundworts, Stachys \ Horehound, Mar- 

 rubium, and others. The Jerusalem Sage, Phlomis fruticosa, 

 growing in a bed near the Library, makes a fine show in June 

 with its yellow flowers, which prove so attractive to a certain 

 class of visitors to the Garden that they steal the name-labels ! 

 The down of some of the species has been used for wicks, 

 hence the name, from (Aoy/>u>s, a flame. 



" There is y e wormwood sage Called Mountaigne sage, its to all 

 appearance like Comon sage only of yellower green, a narrow long Leafe 

 full of ribbs ; In yo r Mouth the flavour is strong of Wormwood to the 

 taste" (Celia Fiennes, circ. 1695). 



Ord. 136. PLANTAGINACEAE. The common weeds termed 

 Plantains are in a bed near the Taxodium. They are best 

 killed when in a lawn by ammonium sulphate, sold impure 

 under the name of " lawn sand." In olden days the flat leaves 

 were used as vulneraries. 



The plantain ribbed, that heals the reaper's wound. 



SHENSTONE. 



