68 AiMERICAN GARDENER. 



116. In the month of June (Long Island, ob- 

 serve) the plants come out of this their winter 

 abode. How they" are then to be disposed of 

 will be treated of hereafter, under the head of 

 flowers ; where it will be seen, that the green- 

 house, besides being a most charming object in 

 winter, when all without is dreariness, is the best 

 security for giving you a beautiful garden in 

 iummer ; and that without a green-house, or, at 

 least, a hot-bed, it is quite impossible to have in 

 perfection, either in America or in England, 

 certain plants and flowers, some of which are 

 the very greatest beauties of the beautiful family 

 of Flora. 



lir, Nor must we forget some things, with 

 regard to which a green-house would be of great 

 use, even according to the most vulgar notions 

 of utility. All sorts of Herbs might be potted, 

 and kept green and growing in the green-house 

 during the winter. Some Herbs dry well ; but, 

 none of them are quite so good as when green ; 

 and, as to Parsley, which is wanted almost 

 every day in the year, it loses all its -virtue in 

 the drying, smell and all. Six large pots of 

 parsley, the plants taken out of the ground and 

 put in pots in September, and put into the green- 

 house in November, will supply a large family 

 well; and this is no trifling thing, when, for 

 love or money, a sprig of parsley is not to be got 

 for months. A Sage tree, a tree of Rue, one of 

 Rosemary, one of Lavender, a root of Hyssop, 

 Thyme, Penny-royal, some Mint, and, indeed, 

 of every pot and medicinal Herb, that is usually 

 grown in the garden, would be useful, as well as 

 pleasant to the eye, during winter. 



