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to the nature of the running roots of mint, this herb 
should be taken up occasionally and replanted, as it is 
difficult to keep the ground clean unless this be done. 
At the same time it will benefit the plants. 
Most of the herbs are best if they can be used in 
a green state, but many also do very well if cut, dried, 
and then kept in wide-mouthed bottles. If these are kept 
well corked the herbs can be kept for some considerable 
time. Horehound and Mint should be cut on a dry day 
in summer, just when the flowers have fully opened, and 
dried slowly in a cool shed. They must on no account 
be exposed to the sun or the heat of the fire while drying. 
When dried, the leaves should be rubbed off and placed 
in bottles, which should be tightly corked. Parsley, of 
course, has been treated by itself, and can be obtained 
in a green state all the year round. Where the climate 
is severe the Parsley bed may be boarded round and 
covered with a frame or with some branches. 
CHAPTER VI 
The Cultivation of Fruits 
The cultivation of fruit does not appear to be under- 
stood as well as its importance deserves, or growers might 
make considerably more out of their orchards than they 
now do. One often hears that growers have large crops 
but cannot get buyers. Why is this? Simply because 
quantity is not by any means the principal point. The 
writer is thoroughly convinced that a regular supply of 
