Archive image from page 159 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 1042. An informal Herb herd 1U44) or along a fence. Some of the commonest Herbs are handsome when well grown and well placed. (See Fig. 1045.) Always where the Her
Archive image from page 159 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer03bail Year: 1906 1042. An informal Herb herd 1U44) or along a fence. Some of the commonest Herbs are handsome when well grown and well placed. (See Fig. 1045.) Always where the Herbs will have relation to something else,—to the general design or handling of the place. This will usually be about the HERBS boundaries. The hardy border is the unit in most plant- ing of herbs. See Figs. 1042, 1046. A rockwork Herb border (Fig. 1047) is often useful in tbe rear or at one side of the premises. Fill some of the corners by the house (Fig. 1048). In remote parts of the grounds, half- wild effects may be allowed, as in Fig. 1049. A pond or 1043 PUnt ng aga etc back ground pool, even if stagnant, often may be utilized to advan- tage (Fig. ). A good Herb out of place may be worse than a poor Herb in place. But when Herbs are grown for their individual effects, give plenty of room and good care: aim at a perfect specimen (Figs. 1051,1052). For further hints on related subjects, see Landscape Gardening; a\so Harder. L H B Herbaceous Perennials from the Landscape Ar- phitect's Point of View. —No clear definition can be drawn between herbaceous perennials, biennials rnd an- nuals, between Herbs and woody plants, for there are ten- der Herbs that would in a warmer climate become shrubs or even trees, biennials that become perennials from stolons or offsets, and annuals that become bien- nials from seed germinating late in the season. Strictly speaking, however, herbaceous perennials are plants having perennial roots with tops that die to the ground annually,
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