INDEX 



171 



108 ; planted with Cat-Mint^ 

 107 



Isabella and her Basil-Pot^ 28 



Jekyll^ Miss Gertrude, advice to 

 children on growing Herbs, 60 ; 

 on growing Cat-Mint and Hys- 

 sop in Flower-Gardens, 108 



Lamb Mint, 70 



Lang-de-Beefe_, 150 



Lavender, 100, 116 ; cultivation 

 of, 120 ; oil for dressing wounds, 

 120 ; Tennyson on, 119 



Leaf-scents and flower scents, 116 



Lemon Mint, 70 ; beauty of, 72 ; 

 conserve, 73 



Lemon Thyme, 57 



Liquorice, 143 



London Florists and Fragrant 



Foliage, 124 

 Longfellow on Fennel, 63 

 Lovage, 150 



Lubbock, Sir John, dinner-party 

 in Caraway-bed, 51 



Making of Herb-beds, 155 

 Mallows, 14, 107, 109 

 Mandrake, 143 



Marigold, 35, 107 ; petals in soup, 

 40 



Marjorams, 15, 100 ; ' Joy of the 

 Mountains,^ 62 ; in Norfolk gar- 

 den ; 61 



Marsh Mallows in Pates-de-Gi- 

 mauve, 109 



McDonald, Donald on Culinary 

 Herbs, 154 



Meadow Crowfoot, 132 



Meadow or Wild Sage, 58 



Meadow Saffron, botanically Lily, 

 95 ; or Autumn Crocus, 91 



Miles End and Pennyroyal, 75 



Mint, 57 ; Cat-Mint, 70 ; Corn- 

 Mint, 70; Curly-leafed Mint, 

 70 ; drying and storing of, 

 101 ; Lamb-Mint, 71 ; Lemon 



Mint, 70 ; Peppermint, 70 ; 

 i round-leafed, 70; Mint sauce, 

 i value of, 71; Spear Mint, 70; 



Water Mint mistaken for wild 

 ! Peppermint, 73 ; W^ater or 

 j Hairy Mint, 70 ; White W^oolly 



Mint in Norfolk Garden, 72 ; 

 I White Woolly or Horse Mint, 

 I 70 



} Mints, cultivation of, 78 ; how to 



collect, 69 ; in moist places, 13 ; 



anti-curdling properties of, 71 ; 



ten kinds of, 69 

 Moon and seed-sowing, the, 26 

 More, Sir Thomas, on Rosemarine, 



26 



I Mullein, 143 ; as a medicine, 145 ; 



destroyer of disease germs, 145 ; 



for golden hair, 145 

 Musk, sweet-scented, 17 

 Myrtle at home and abroad, 123 

 Myrrhis odorata (Sweet Cicely), 157 



Northcote, Lady Rosalind, Book of 

 Herbs, 5 ; Definition of Herb, 

 125 



Oseille, 9, 64 



Ozone in Herb-garden, 125 



i Parkinson on form of Garden, 17 

 I Parsley, 35 ; cultivation of, 37 ; 

 ; drying and storing of, 101 ; 

 1 popularity of, 38 ; when culti- 

 I vated in England, 38 ; as an 



edging, 156 

 I Patchouli, cooling effects of, 74 

 \ Paths in the Herb-garden, 159 

 ; Pennyroyal, 70, 74 ; Pliny on, 75 ; 

 I protects from mosquitoes, 7 5 



Peppermint, 70 ; and mentliol, 

 i 73 ; how to distinguish from 

 I Spear Mint, 73 

 i Pepperwort, or Poor Man's Pepper 

 I (Dittander), 149 

 ' Perennial Herbs, lifting and trans- 

 ! planting, 65 ; when to plant, 14 

 i Pimpernel, 133 



