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THE HERB GARDEN 



"Nothing but leaves" or little else is in the 

 herb garden. Is this the reason that the happy, 

 useful, pretty spot where once the herbs grew, 

 is now so often absent from even the best-cared- 

 for gardens of the present day ? In vain we look 

 around to find the pleasant borders wherein our 

 grandmothers and great-grandmothers were wont 

 to cultivate the sweet-leaved plants which in their 

 train brought health and fragrance. Brilliant 

 colours and perfect blossoms so powerfully attract 

 the modern gardener that he forgets the virtues 

 of the aromatic herb, simply because its flowers 

 are inconspicuous and its features homely. But 

 scents and savours belong more to the leaf than 

 to the flower. " Nothing but leaves " indeed ! 

 Without leaves where would the doctor or the 

 cook be? Both food and physic depend greatly 



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