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THE HERB-GARDEN 



V'ery often a piece of kitchen-garden is portioned 

 off to make the Herb-garden. If possible, this 

 plot should come between the flower and kitchen 

 gardens, where it will be a sort of debatable land 

 between the purely useful and the purely orna- 

 mental. The sunniness of it would suggest a sun- 

 dial, and it would be delightful if the Mints could 

 be given a rill of running water. We could then 

 grow Cresses as well as Mints. At the foot of the 

 sundial. Thyme of different sorts might be planted. 



It is an excellent plan, where there is room for it, 

 to arrange one side or end of the garden with ups 

 and downs, like a rock-garden, so that the rock- 

 loving Herbs can root and spread about as they do 

 in nature. A good depth of earth must be given 

 them, quite three feet of it, into which the roots 

 can dive. 



We may add that the fortunate possessor of a 

 Herb-garden finds it an ideal refuge for any of the 

 odds and ends of plants that interest him, or that 

 he meets with abroad and wants to experiment 

 with. Many things can find a home in it that 

 would not be sure of a welcome anywhere else — 

 things rare, curious, or unfamiliar, that we hke 

 to watch over ourselves. Here, too, we may enjoy 

 such old-fashioned Koses as were valued for their 



