THE COTTAGE HERB GARDEN AND SHOP 
The quaint little Cottage Herb Garden and Shop adjoin the Bishop’s Garden of 
Washington Cathedral. The Herb Garden was designed by the late Mrs. G. F. C. Brat- 
enahl, landscape architect of Washington Cathedral and chairman for many years of the 
garden committee of All Hallows Guild. The Garden and Shop were opened in 1934 
for the purpose of making living plants and dried herbs available to the public. # The 
offerings received are used solely for the maintenance of Washington Cathedral. Some 
of the plants are grown in the Cathedral greenhouse, some in the Herb Garden, and 
some are imported. s* The Garden lies within a curving low stone wall. An ancient 
pavement of pie-shaped bricks leads to the door of the English Cottage (once the Tem- 
porary Baptistry) which houses the Shop. Visitors are most cordially welcomed. #¥ 
The hours are 9 to 6 in Summer, and 9 to 5 in Winter, except on Sundays and the great 
feast days of the Church. The Garden contains two unique herb gardens: one of many 
herbs named in the Bible, and one of herbs named in Shakespeare’s plays and poems. 
SHIPMENT OF PLANTS from the greenhouses can be made throughout the United 
States during Spring, Summer, and Fall according to Government regulations (Win- 
ter shipment is possible, but is not advised). Plants are inspected and passed by 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture before shipment. 
HERBS FOR THE GARDEN 
“A little cottage plot . . . And did you not notice how ever and 
again you fell upon some quaint, strange plant which has been 
expelled from the modern border, which seemed to touch your 
inmost soul and to fill your mind, especially if in childhood, with a 
sense of wonder and mysterious awe.” 
Amprosia. Chenopodium botrys. Annual. Fragrant, small oak-like leaves. Used as 
a tea. (Plants only.) 
ANISE. Pimpinella anisum. Annual. White flowers; lacy leaves. Leaves used for gar- 
nishing. Seed used for flavoring bread and cookies. (Seed only.) 
Batm. Lemon. Melissa officinalis. Perennial. Dark green lemon-scented leaves. Used 
in fruit salads and iced tea, and in Potpourri. (Plants only.) 
Basiz. Bush. Ocimum minimum. Annual. Aromatic green leaves; spicy flowers. Used 
in salad dressings and with cottage cheese. (Plants only.) 
Basin. Sweet. Ocimum basilicum. Annual. Yellowish-green leaves; very pungent 
clove-like flavor. Used in tomato dishes, green salads and cooked vegetables. 
(Plants only.) 
WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
