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(1) The Economic Border is a long border, in which are arranged 

 a number of plots containing several series of economic plants. 

 Series I. includes plants that supply medicines, e.g., opium poppy, 

 belladonna, liquorice, hemlock, henbane, cinchona, castor-oil, aconite, 

 eucalyptus, turpentine, valerian, jalap, podophyllum, rhubarb, Indian 

 hemp. Scries II. includes plants that supply foods, e.g., rice, sugar- 

 cane, sugar-beet, millet, pepper, lentil, mustard, olive, arrowroot, 

 cardamom, maize, monkey-nuts. Series III. includes plants that 

 supply fibre, e.g., jute, cotton, flax, hemp, mallow, ramie, papyrus, 

 New Zealand flax, sisal hemp. Series IV. includes plants that supply 

 dyes, e.g., annatto, woad, indigo, madder, turmeric, sumach, weld, 

 dyers' buckthorn. 



Some of these plants are quite hardy and live out of doors all the 

 year round. Others must be kept in a heated conservatory during 

 an English winter, and be planted out in a sheltered border during 

 the summer. 



(2) The Economic Conservatory. — In this grow a variety of plants 

 which are too delicate to be grown in the open air, e.g., tea, coffee, 

 ginger, guava, custard-apple, banana, date palm, oil palm, pine-apple, 

 vanilla. 



(3) The Old English Herhary. — This consists of a series of plots in 

 which are arranged about sixty herbs cultivated in medieval English 

 gardens. Many of these herbs are mentioned by Shakespeare, Chaucer, 

 Spenser, and other early writers, and were used for homely remedies, 

 or for pottage, sauce, salad, or scent. This section will be full of 

 interest in connexion with English literature as well as medieval 

 home life and customs. A glance at such a volume as Ellacombe's 

 " Plant-lore and Garden-craft of Shakespeare " will at once suggest 

 practical applications of such a herb garden in education. 



The following is a list of the herbs grown at Reading: 



Alccost. 



Flecampane. 



Samphire. 



Angelica. 



Fennel. 



Savory, summer. 



Aniseed. 



Feverfew. 



Savory, winter. 



Arnica . 



Golden Rod. 



Sea Holly. 



Asarabacca. 



Horehound. 



Skirrets. 



Balm, common. 



Horse-radish. 



Sneeze wort. 



Balm of Gilcad. 



Hyssop. 



Soap wort. 



Basil, bush. 



Lavender, purple. 



Solomon's Seal. 



Basil, sweet. 



Lavender, white. 



Sorrel. 



Bergamot. 



Mallow. 



Southernwood. 



Borage. 



Marigold. 



Spikenard. 



Burdock. 



Marjoram, pot. 



Sweet Cicely. 



Burnet. 



Marjoram, sweet. 



Sweet Flag. 



Caper Spurge. 



Mint. 



Sweet Maudlin. 



Caraway. 



Mugwort. 



Tansy. 



Cardoon. 



Mullein. 



Tarragon . 



Cat Mint. 



Musk. 



Thrift. 



Chamomile. 



Orache. 



Thyme, common. 



Chervil. 



Parsley. 



Thyme, lemon. 



Chives. 



Pennyroyal. 



Thyme, purple. 



Clary. 



Peppermint. 



Thyme, silver. 



Comfrey. 



Purslane. 



Thyme, woolly. 



Coriander. 



Rosemary. 



Valerian, red. 



Cotton lavender. 



Hue. 



Verbena, lemon-scented. 



Cumin. 



Sage, common. 



Vervain.^ 



Dill. 



Sage, purple. 



Wormwood. 



