herb-bed

I dare say that she was thinking of her garden that very day, and wondering if this thing or that were not in bloom, and perhaps had a heartache at the thought that her tenants, the careless colored children, might tread the young shoots of peony and rose, and make havoc in the herb-bed.

The White Rose Road 1995

The cultivated Hyssop, now of frequent occurrence in the herb-bed, and a favourite plant there because of its fragrance, belongs to the labiate order, and possesses cordial qualities which give it rank as a

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

But the pieces that were left of the griffin were buried under the herb-bed in the palace garden, because it had been so good at housework, and it wasn't its fault that it had been made so badly and put to such poor work as guarding a lady from her lover.

The Book of Dragons H. Granville [Illustrator] Fell 1891

I dare say that she was thinking of her garden that very day, and wondering if this plant or that were not in bloom, and perhaps had a heartache at the thought that her tenants, the careless colored children, might tread the young shoots of peony and rose, and make havoc in the herb-bed.

A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

"Plaintain ribbed that heals the reapers 'wound" in the herb-bed.

Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870