ASHRIDGE 95 



Rue, Mint, Sage, Pennyroyal, Tansy, Rosemary, 

 and Fennel, many of which are mentioned in the 

 delightful old ballad : 



"Here's fine Rosemary, Sage, and Thyme, 

 Come buy my Ground Ivy. 

 Here's Featherfew, Gillyflowers, and Rue, 4 

 Come, buy my Knotted Marjoram, ho ! 

 Come, buy my Mint, my fine green Mint. 

 Here's fine Lavender for your cloaths, 

 Here's Parseley and Winter Savory, 

 And Heartsease, which all do choose, 

 Here's Balm and Hyssop and Cinquefoil, 

 All fine herbs it is well known. 

 Let none despise the merry, merry cries of famous 

 London Town. 



Here's Penny-royal and Marygolds, 

 Come, buy my Nettle-tops. 

 Here's Water-cresses and Scurvy-grass, 

 Come, buy my Sage of virtue, ho ! 

 Come, buy my Wormwood and Mugworts. 

 Here's all fine herbs of every sort, 

 Here's Southernwood that's very good, 

 Dandelion and House-leek. 

 Here's Dragon's Tongue and Wood Sorrel, 

 With Bears-foot and Horehound. 

 Let none despise the merry, merry cries of famous 

 London Town." 



A delicious fragrance lingers in a Herb Garden, 

 one which seems to exist nowhere else and is never 

 enervating or sickly, but always bracing almost, 

 in fact, health-giving. In these days of gorgeous 



