the garden, as i beheld it on that winter day, was little more than a mess of twigs and sticks. but, standing beside the keen herbalist and following his eye, i was able to perceive the gentian, the parsley, the horseradish, the yarrow, the columbine, the thyme, the dog rose, the hedge apple, two full rows of parsnips, the onion, the spring onion, the rosemary, the sage, the dogwood, the valerian, the bitter and the sweet lemon, the borage, the purslane, the oregano, the st johns wort, the mugwort, the lesser periwinkle, the carroway, the kale, the ladies mantle, the marjoram, the aconite, the vetch, the witch hazel, the fenugreek, the catnip, the betany, the comfrey, the lemonbalm, the dandelion, the feverfew, and the hyssop. on the other side of the garden, my master had finished inventing the bazooka.