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species are used in hair-rinse for blondes, or to act as tonic for the 
scalp. It makes the hair soft and lustrous. There are other indus- 
trial uses for the essential oil, 
13. Chervit (Anthriseus Cerefolium) is a delicate, parsley-like, 
annual herb with a slight anise flavor. It is delicious in salads, 
and chervil pluchés are indispensable in elaborate French cookery, 
for soups. 
Chervil grows easily from seed if the ground 1s moist, fertile, 
and finely pulverized. It requires shade. Leaves may be picked 
all summer, but it 1s not usec 
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dried. 

14. Cuives (Alliuin Schoenoprasuin). A young and delicate 
cousin of the onion, chives is used when onion flavor 1s desirable 
in soups, salads, eggs, etc. The leaves must be finely cut for use 
rather than chopped, as they are tubular. 
Chives grows from seed sown early, and will increase itself by 
reseeding as well as by bulblets. It should be cut back or used 
regularly to produce young tender shoots through the summer, and 
may be potted for winter use. 
15. Crary (Salvia Sclarea), not often used today in cooking, 
was formerly grown for its seeds, a valued eye lotion being mac 
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from them. The leaves may be dipped in batter, and fried in deep 
fat. It has a rather disagreeable, strong fragrance and flavor, but 
the plants are lovely in a border with delphinium. The leaves make 
a massed clump of pebbled gray-green texture, and the lavender 
and bluish blooms grow in branched spikes several feet tall. It 1s 
biennial and readily self-sows. 
16. CoRTANDER (Coriandrum sativum). We all remember the 
little pink-and-white sugared balls tasting of perfume, as a con- 
fection when we were very young. Oil of coriander 1s used in 
liqueurs, perfumes, and other preparations. It is an ingredient 
of curry powder. Over 1,800,000 Ibs. were imported into the U.S. 
annually, before the war, mostly from Hungary and Morocco. 
Seeds of this annual may be sown in May. It should be well 
cultivated by hand, and the seedlings thinned to 6 inches apart. 
Seed may be harvested in August. 
17, Cosrmary (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) is also called Ale- 
cost, from its use in flavoring ale. It is laid in linen cupboards 
for the fragrance, and keeps moths from clothes. A leaf used as 
