INDEX 



171 



108 ; planted with Cat- Mint, 

 107 



Isabella and her Basil-Pot, 28 



Jekyll, Miss Gertrude, advice to 

 children on growing Herbs, 60; 

 on growing Cat-Mint and Hys- 

 sop in Flower-Gardens, 108 



Lamb Mint, 70 



Lang-de-Beefe, 160 



Lavender, 100, IIG ; cultivation 



of, 120 ; oil for dressing wounds, 



iL'O ; Tennyson on, 119 

 Leaf-scents and flower scents, 116 

 Lemon Mint, 70 ; beauty of, 72 ; 



conserve, 73 

 Lemon Thyme, 57 

 Liquorice, 143 

 Loudon Florists and Fragrant 



Foliage, 124 

 Longfellow on Fennel, 63 

 Lovage, ISO 

 Lubbock, Sir John, dinner-party 



in Caraway-bed, 51 



Making of Herb-beds, 155 



Mallows, 14, 107, 109 



Mandrake, 143 



Marigold, 36, 107 ; petals in soup, 

 40 



Marjorams, 15, 100 ; ' Joy of the 

 Mountains,' 62 ; in Norfolk gar- 

 den ; 61 



Marsh Mallows in Pates-de-Gi- 

 mauve, 109 



McDonald, Donald on Culinary 

 Herbs, 154 



Meadow Crowfoot, l;32 



Meadow or Wild Sage, 58 



Meadow Saffron, botanically Lily, 

 95 ; or Autumn Crocus, 91 



Miles End and Pemiyroyal, 75 



Mint, 57 ; Cat-Mint, 70 ; Corn- I 

 Mint, 70 ; Curly-leafed Mint, 

 70 ; drying and storing of, ! 

 101 ; Lamb-Mint, 71 ; Lemon i 



Mint, 70 ; Peppermint, 70 ; 



round-leafed, 70; Mint sauce, 



value of, 71 ; Spear Mint, 70 ; 



Water Mint mistaken for wild 



Peppermint, 73 ; AVater or 



Hairy Jlint, 70 ; White Woolly 



Mint in Norfolk Garden, 72 ; 



White A\^oolly or Horse Mint, 



70 

 Mints, cultivation of, 78 ; how to 



collect, 69 ; in moist places, 1 3 ; 



anti-curdling properties of, 71 ; 



ten kinds of, 69 

 Moon and seed-sowing, the, 26 

 More, Sir Thomas, on Rosemarine, 



26 

 Mullein, 143 ; as a medicine, 145 ; 



destroyer of disease germs, 145 ; 



for golden hair, 145 

 Musk, sweet-scented, 17 

 Myrtle at home and abroad, 123 

 Myrrhis odorata (Sweet Cicely), 157 



Northcote, Lady Rosalind, Book o_f 

 Herbs, 5 ; Definition of Herb, 

 125 



Oseille, 9, 64 



Ozone in Herb-garden, 125 



Parkinson on form of Garden, 17 

 Parsley, 35 ; cultivation of, 37 ; 

 drying and storing of, 101 ; 

 popularity of, 38 ; when culti- 

 vated in England, 38 ; as an 

 edging, 156 

 Patchouli, cooling effects of, 74 

 Paths in the Herb-garden, 159 

 Pennyroyal, 70, 7-t ; Pliny on, 75 ; 



protects from mosquitoes, 75 

 Peppermint, 70 ; and menthol, 

 73 ; how to distinguish from 

 Spear Mint, 73 

 Pepperwort, or Poor Man's Pepper 



(Dittander), 149 

 Perennial Herbs, lifting and trans- 

 planting, 65 ; when to plant, 14 

 Pimpernel, 133 



