The Garden 

 that We Made 



Polygonum, or Knot 

 Weed, in bloom by the 

 steps leading up to the 

 Flower Walk. 



walls, on which are verbena, geraniums, and other old- 

 fashioned pot-plants in the ordinary kind of flower-pots. 



I think I ought just to give the names of some of my 

 herbs in case anybody with a taste for herb gardening 

 would be interested to know. It must be remembered 

 that most of them have mauve or purple flowers, as if 

 they had purposely chosen this discreet, delicate colouring. 

 And one's fancy runs to thoughts of the time of the nuns 

 in their cloister gardens, and of how honoured these now 

 humble flowers were in former days. There is thyme, that 

 has to be trampled on in order to bring out its sweet scent ; 

 hyssop, with its spicy smell ; rosemary — " That's for re- 

 memberance," as Ophelia says (remember never to pass 

 it without taking a sprig ! ) ; Myrrhis odorata, sometimes 

 known as "Sweet Cicely," which is somewhat larger and has 

 a fern-like leaf ; Rue, with a very strong scent ; lavender, 

 the loveliest of herbs, and such a decorative plant, too, with 

 its sturdy growth and its thousands of bluey-mauve flowers 

 — it is the favourite of all butterflies; angelica — rather a 

 stately plant with white flowers ; marjoram (in olden days 

 — so the legend says — the women derived great . comfort 

 from seeing marjoram growing on the graves of their dear 

 ones, for that meant that the departed were now happy) ; 

 sage, with its grey woolly leaves and strong aromatic scent. 

 Against the wall of the cottage there are tall holly- 

 hocks. This is typically Swedish ; all the cottages have 



them. Here and 

 there amongst the 

 herbs stands a tall 

 rose bush just to 

 give the place some 

 colour. 



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