The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-06-18
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4 SaAIG HrFB tS.gpzg The ! la Gar
dr,Asy he's sbese bin.- vil,ch.f followed
cat IN v holz or ia pert. would a5d ,yreatly
70 the attsA ,a1,.-5 n4sl nlIlity uf Ameri-
San gardens;
There - r"esy sn.i YSri,.s-s IN the very
name. inere May lie likewise order and
beauty IN 1T. The most unsatisfactory
things in gardens, especially small ones, are
the herbs, scattered hither and thither all
over the place, and time and patience are
exhausted in hunting them ,rp when re-
quirei. Qnits 4 usef,l feature might be
made IN every garden. however small, Of
tn: herbs, were they only br, ught together
into one place and arranged iii order. The
best disposit;on soT herbs /. in beds. These
may be from two to foJu feet wide, with
foot alloys between them, and the length
almost double, or, at the least, one-thiri
more than the width. This arrangement
In beds is the very essence of an herb gar
den. OF course in small gardens one entire
bed will not be needed for any herb. In
such cases several kinls may be easily
grown together - such, for instance, as
common and lemon Thyme, Pennyroyal
aud Iarju4iLm in one; Funnel, Sage AMI
Tlrnigcn in another; ard Basil, Suramer
S.y,ry, and C.!.I,n PurslAne in another.
1iint should always have q bed for itself,
as mint sauce is much in demand. Cher
I'll, again. is much wanted in many fami-
lies for s.G.ds. also Burnet, Hyssop, &c.
These three are the semi-cortlial herbs:
HoLrhound for sore throat, Tausy for tea
(Dot shat anybody ever drinks it). Cunio-
mile ior fuce-ache and stomach ailments,
Rue for the gaPes IN poultry, Lads Love,
and any curious herbs that the villa gar
dener may have a fancy for.
A bed should also be reserved for Angel
ica, used by those who know the luxury Of
It's shoots can.ued in sugar, and for the
growth OF Boragc, for ilayoring ciaret cups
in hot weather. Again, the herb garden is
just the place for the orderly aul system
attic cultivation of all small salading, such
as Mustard and Gre IS. constant succession
of young Onions, bed OF Chives, the cul-
tiyation OF RIdishes throughout the season,
and the growth of Rtmpion, Lettuces, En-
dive, &c. All this would find abundant
furniture for Il good many beds, and by
changing these for the different products
nice succession Of cropping might be main
tai~ed.
Finally several beds should be set aside
for the high class cultivation of Parsley
plant sadly neglected in small gardens.
Nothing is more useful in household for
nlvsriny garnishing. and it is just
easy, on u right system; to have magnificent
leaves, exguistoly curlcd and clean, because
raised high above the ground by their
strength and stature, as to have and use
the small, dirty leaves that have to do duty
rs parsley i'll many houses. Let the
parsley have bed of rich deep soil-if a
yard deep all the better; sow good curled
kind thinly; as soon as fairly up thin the
plants to u foot apart, and let them grow
away freely. That is the whole art of
growing and using Parsley and making it
really one of the most beautiful plants in
the garden. Sow in March, May and July
for succession. If the garden OF herbs is
too smalisfor the devotion of one or more
beds To pars-ey, sOwn at dlHerenJ seasons,
then the whole herb garden might be firing
ed round with Parsley, and the garnishing
and Havoring plants themselves be garnish-
ed with it's beauty. Noportion of any gar
den. large or small not even excluding that
wholly devoted to flowers, will afford more
pleasure than an herb garden well furnish
ell and kept There viii always be some.
thing growing and doing in it.