The Garden 
that We Made 
walls, on which are verbena, geraniums, and other old- 
fashioned pot-plants in the ordinary kind of flower-pots. 
I think I ought just to give the names of some of my 
herbs in case anybody with a taste for herb gardening 
would be interested to know. It must be remembered 
that most of them have mauve or purple flowers, as if 
they had purposely chosen this discreet, delicate colouring. 
And one’s fancy runs to thoughts of the time of the nuns 
in their cloister gardens, and of how honoured these now- 
humble flowers were in former days. There is thyme, that 
has to be trampled on in order to bring out its sweet scent; 
hyssop, with its spicy smell ; rosemary — “ That’s for re- 
memberance,” as Ophelia says (remember never to pass 
it without taking a sprig ! ) ; Myrrhis odorcita , sometimes 
known as “Sweet Cicely,” which is somewhat larger and has 
a fern-like leaf; Rue, with a very strong scent; lavender, 
the loveliest of herbs, and such a decorative plant, too, with 
its sturdy growth and its thousands of bluey-mauve flowers 
— it is the favourite of all butterflies; angelica — rather a 
stately plant with white flowers ; marjoram (in olden days 
— so the legend says — the women derived great comfort 
from seeing marjoram growing on the graves of their dear 
ones, for that meant that the departed were now happy) ; 
sage, with its grey woolly leaves and strong aromatic scent. 
Against the wall of the cottage there are tall holly- 
we'eTi'n 'bioom by^he hocks. This is typically Swedish ; all the cottages have 
steps leading up to the ' i i i i 
Hiower walk. them. Here and 
there amongst the 
herbs stands a tall 
rose bush just to 
give the place some 
colour. 
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