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pet along the edges of the borders, and the varieties of T. 

 Serpyllum, the Wild Mountain Thyme, are also of the 

 carpeting type. There are T. S. coccineus, covered 

 with bright crimson flowers, and splendens, a somewhat 

 improved form and this year I had the great good 

 fortune to find in an English catalogue seeds of the rare 

 white-flowered Thyme. In this same treasure-trove 

 of a catalogue I also found T. azoricus, a little shrubby 

 variety with purple flowers. These two "finds" are en- 

 trusted to the frames, and I am impatiently awaiting 

 their fragrant arrival above ground. T. Serpyllum has 

 several fine forms besides the white and crimson, chief 

 among which is the Lemon-scented (citriodorus) , with 

 its silver-leaved and gold-leaved variations, both lovely 

 for edging the beds of sober-clad herbs. T. S. micans 

 is a fine-leaved, two-inch alpine species with purple 

 flowers, which is happier in the joints between the 

 bricks than in the beds, and T. vulgaris, the Broad- 

 leaved English Thyme, so much in requisition for 

 seasoning, forms a very nice little bush with dark, ever- 

 green foliage of a most pleasant scent. There are three 

 other species which I hope to add before another sum- 

 mer: Chamaedrys, with several varieties; carnosus, said 

 to grow nearly a foot tall, and villosus, from Portugal. 

 Nearly all the beds in the herb garden are edged with 

 some sort of Thyme, and one may not have too much of 

 it, for this small sweet herb has the power to drive sad- 

 ness from our hearts. 



