CHAPTER VII 



TEN KINDS OF MINT 



' Come, buy my Mint, my fine green Mint ! 



Let none despise the merry, merry cries 



Of famous London Town.' 



There is always a danger when writing on a 

 subject of great interest to ourselves that we may 

 allow it to run away with us and so bore everybody 

 else. I hope this will not be the case with Mints. 

 We cannot help feeling a little proud at having 

 collected ten different varieties. This is not an 

 easy thing to do. It is very doubtful whether 

 any Mints whatever, beyond the ordinary Lamb 

 Mint and a certain variegated Mint which is pretty 

 and attractive enough to go in the flower-garden, 

 could be found among the plants that are advertised 

 in any of the florists' catalogues. 



How, then, did we get our ten ? Some we foimd 

 easily, some we hunted for with pains, some were 

 given to us, and some we got by accident. 



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