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winter. The following April they can be bedded 

 out. In a chalky soil Rosemary is said to grow 

 smaller, but to be more fragrant and hardy. We 

 grow ours from cuttings, put in against some 

 sheltered wall, where they do very well. 



' Lavender, sweet Lavender /' Do we not all 

 know Lavender by heart, and love its spikes of 

 azure bloom ? It is one of the Herbs we must 

 grow generously. It is so pleasant to be able to 

 gather as many of its sprays as we like, to keep and 

 dry for our own use or to give away. Many a poet 

 has sung of Lavender : 



' Lavender is for lovers true, 

 Which ever more be faine, 

 Desiring always for to have 

 Some pleasure with their paine.' 



Tennyson liked to see White Lilies and Sweet 

 Lavender growing together — 



' Opening upon level plots 

 Of crowned Lilies standing near 

 Purple spiked Lavender.' 



There are several kinds of Lavender. We may 

 have the broad-leaved or the narrow-leaved ; the 

 latter is considered the hardier. All the different 

 sorts should be grown: the Munstead Early, the 

 Dwarf, and the charming White-flowered, which is 



