110 THE GAEDENEE'S COMPANION 



SWEET-SCENTED FOLIAGE. 



Do not forget to keep a sunny corner in your 

 garden for the plants with sweet-scented foliage. 

 They are favourites with most people, and there are 

 not many who pass by a bush of Eosemary or 

 lemon- scented Verbena without touching it, for 

 the sake of the delicious scent left on their hands. 

 For this reason it is nice to have them near the 

 house, or close at hand in some sunny border, 

 where every one who passes can enjoy them ; or 

 there may be some spot where you want a short 

 low hedge, and where some plants of the quick- 

 growing Southernwood would come in well, or 

 bushes of the ever popular Lavender. These little 

 hedges can often be introduced with great effect, 

 leading from one bit of garden to another, and 

 they can be formed of China Eoses, Scotch Briar, 

 Fuchsia (Riccartoni) or Berberis Darwinii, as well 

 as of Lavender, Eosemary or Southernwood. 



Lavender Lavandula will grow about two 

 feet high, and the plants should not be allowed to 

 grow old and straggling, but be renewed every few 

 years ; they strike very easily from cuttings. The 

 plants should be grown in full sun and they like 

 sandy loam. 



