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terraces and the best ways of using and planting 

 them, he concludes one paragraph by saying, ' The 

 terrace might lead at one end to a little paved 

 garden and at the other to a garden of herbs.' 

 We were glad the writer spared a thought in his 

 plans for the oft-neglected Herb-garden. If he 

 meant to give the garden paved walks, that would 

 be delightful in bad weather for the cooks — indeed, 

 for everybody. Firm, dry walks between the Herb- 

 beds are very necessary ; we can imagine red tiled 

 paths being very comforting and suitable. For 

 ourselves, we cannot boast of paving-stone of any 

 kind, but have fine shingle from the beach, which is 

 a good substitute, as it never holds water nor gets 

 sloppy, as indifferent gravel does. 



In Mrs. Davidson's last book, Gardens Past and 

 Present, one chapter is devoted to ' The Garden of 

 Herbs,' but in it she tells us more about out-of-the- 

 way, old-fashioned vegetables than anything else, 

 for, as she truly remarks, ' the synonym for a kitchen- 

 garden in olden days was the herb-garden.' A 

 little farther on we read : ' Herbs in our modern 

 acceptance of the term are too much neglected 

 nowadays, and an interesting collection might be 

 made, which would always be an attractive corner 

 of a kitchen-garden to those who like to recall 



