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THE HERB-GARDEN 

 PERENNIAL HERBS— conti7iued. 



POPFLAIL 



Botanical 



Time to 



Remals.-. 





Name. 



Plaxt. 



Fennel. 



Fumitory, or 

 Corydalis. 



Fmiiiculum 

 vulgare. 



Fumaria 

 officinalis. 



Horehonnd. j 



Hyssop. ; 



i 



Lavender. ! Lavandula. \ March or Ajtril. 



Marrubium 

 vulgare. 



Hyssopus 

 officinalis. 



Liquorice. 

 Lungwort. 



Mallows. 



Marjoram 

 (pot). 



Mints (many 

 varieties 

 have been 

 described). 



Mullein. 



Pennyroyal. | 



Peppermint. 



Pepperwort, or 

 Poor Man's 

 Pepper. 



Glycyrrliiza 



glaJbra. 

 Puhnonaria 

 officinalis 



Malva. 



Origanum 

 Onites. 



MeTdha. 



Verhascum 

 Thapsus. 



Mentha 

 pidegium. 



Mentha 

 piperita. 



Lepidium 

 latifolium. 



Late October Eaten •v\ith boiled mackerel ; 

 or Iv ovember. still decorates London fish 

 shops. 



A rapid spreader ; grows any- 

 where. Flowers yellow, or i 

 pinky-purple. | 

 A wholesome bitter ; still used j 

 to make beer in some parts of*i 

 England. ' 

 ,, Bears pretty blue flowers ; a ■ 



sacred plant . of old ; used for 

 cleansing and for physic. 

 A well - known sweet - smelling 

 shrub ; used in perfumery and 

 medicine. 



Late October A good old-fashioned medicine 

 or November. for coughs and hoarseness. 



., Has spotted leaves, supposed to 



resemble the lung and to cure 

 lung diseases. 

 ,, All the Mallows are good-look- 



ing : the least good-looking 

 are the most usefiJ.. 

 5, One of GUI' best kitchen Herbs ; 



as pretty as it is useful. Must 

 have a large drift of it. 

 ,5 A delightful family. All want 



plenty of moisture, except Cat- 

 Mint. Lamb -Mint should have 

 a good-sized bed to itself, as 

 the cook is always wanting it. 

 , Has beautiful soft grey foliage. 

 I Golden -yellow flowers. The 

 I dried leaves, smoked like 

 I tobacco, soothe the most hack- 

 1 ing cough. 

 5, i A dwarf ]Mint, growing close i 



to the gi'ound ; flowers very 

 late. 



,, The essential oil of Peppermint 



j owes its virtues to the menthol 

 j or mint -camphor which it con- 

 I tains. A very favourite Mint, 

 j Leaves taste hot ; spreads too 

 fast. 



