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mouth, Chartreuse). The virtues of angelica, which are those 
of the “cordial” herbs, to comfort the heart, were said to have been 
revealed to a monk of the Grande Chartreuse in the Middle Ages 
by an angel, hence the name and its use as an ingredient of the 
famous liqueur, long a secret formula of the Carthusian Order. 
and Iceland, south to the Alps, 
fata 
Angelica is a native of Laplanc 
maturing the second year from seed, when it wil 
unless permitted to set seed. In that case it is biennial. 
to 4 feet in moist rich soil and part shade, with umbelliferous 
heads of yellowish bloom. Wild angelica has white bloom and 
| remain perennial 
It grows 
stalk tinged with purple. 
3. Anise (Pimpinella Anisuin). The liqueur anisette and ani- 
seed cookies are perhaps the best known uses for the fruit, which 
is also distilled to produce o1l for flavoring and for perfuming toilet 
preparations. Anise tea makes one sleep—probably for the same 
anise being one of the 

reason that it is used for the baby’s colic 
famous “wind expellers” of herbal tradition. The United States 
has recently imported over 400,000 Ibs. yearly, from Asia Minor, 
Greece, and Egypt, where anise is native. 
The seeds of anise, an annual, mature in June or July about 6 
weeks after sowing. The plants should be pulled up before the 
fruit ripens, as the seeds are easily lost, and dried on paper for 
several days, when they can be beaten to separate them. 
4. Batm (Melissa officinalis). Sometimes called lemon balm 
iough more oily and not so re- 
— 
as the fragrance is lemon-like, t 
It has the advantage, however, 1 
~ 
freshing as lemon. verbena. 
being hardy in the vicinity of New York; lemon verbena ts not. 
The fresh leaves and tops of balm make a tea (a handful infused 
ina pint of boiling water) to combat melancholy ! . This state- 
ment has been tested and found to be true, by the way, although 
the Arabian proverb’s promise, that “it makes the heart merry and 
joyful” was more than fulfilled, as the melancholy patient became, 
actually, hysterical, to such an extent was her heart comforted. 
A sprig of balm is pleasant m iced tea. The leaves may be dried, 
slowly, for winter use in tea and for potpourri. It 1s lovely in 
bouquets. 
3alm is a hardy perennial (a true herb since it dies to the root 
in winter), easily grown from seed. Hf cut back severely it will 
