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THE HERB-GARDEN 



This is the ten we possess : Spear Mint, 3Ientha 

 viridis ; Corn-Mint, M, arvensis ; White Woolly 

 or Horse Mint, M. sylvestiis ; Round-leafed Mint, 

 M. rotundifolia ; Lemon Mint, M. citrata ; Curly- 

 leafed Mint, M. crispus ; Peppermint, M, piperita ; 

 Water or Hairy Mint, M. aquatica ; Penny- 

 royal, Mentha pulegium ; and Cat- Mint, Nepeta 

 cataria. There is also a Variegated Mint, which 

 would make eleven if counted. 



How do we manage to get Mints by accident ? 

 Very easily, if one lives in the country. Cottage 

 gardeners bring queer sorts to sell you, instead of 

 proper Lamb Mint. Instead of grumbling at 

 this, you ask them to spare you a root ; then you 

 pay a trifle for it, or make some friendly exchange, 

 and the thing is done. All the Mints are useful, 

 but all are not fit for the table — that is, if you are 

 any way fastidious. 



And how are the other Mints collected ? Lamb 

 Mint can be bought anywhere. Corn-JSIiiit must 

 be looked for on the edges of cornfields ; White 

 Woolly Mint we had to hunt for in damp waste 

 places. The Round-leafed Mint was much more 

 difficult to find, though it grows in similar spots. 

 Lemon Mint was a present ; Curly-leafed Mint 

 was also given us. Peppermint was sent to us by 



