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ground about the plants, increase the calcareous content with good 
results. 
29, LAVENDER Cotton (Santolina Chamaecyparissus) is used 
mainly for bordering beds and formal gardens, such as the knot 
gardens of Elizabethan days. It is slightly aromatic. It can be 
increased by division, being perennial. 
30. LovaGE (Levisticum officinalis). Several herb growers have 
said that lovage has grown to be their favorite of all the herb 
garden, for use in food. It is blanched like celery and also the 
eaves are used in salad. It has a pleasantly aromatic flavor. The 
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seeds are used for flavoring candy. 
Sow seeds in summer and transplant seedlings in early fall. 
Lovage needs a rich moist soil. 
31. SWEET MarjoraAm (Origami Majorana) smells like all the 
holidays rolled into) one—Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New 
Year’s Day! It is the perfect seasoning for chicken and turkey 
stuffing and is pleasant cooked with mushrooms. The oil from the 
plant has been imported for use in perfumery and other toilet 
preparations, and in medicines. 
It is an annual grown from seed. Keep seedlings shaded until 
strong, then the plants need a sunny exposure. They will rot if 
the season 1s too rainy. 
Origamum vulgare (Pot marjoram) is perennial, taller, and more 
spreading than sweet marjoram. It is not so aromatic when fresh, 
but increases in fragrance when dried. It grows very weedy and 
needs to be divided every two or three years. 
Mints. See Peppermint, Spearmint, ete. 
Osweco TEA. See Bee Balin. 
32. ParsLey (Petroselinum crispum or Apium hortense). Pars- 
ley is too valuable in vitamin C and iron to be thrown out after 
garnishing our meat platters! Eaten fresh, chopped as little as 
possible, 1t retains most of its mineral and vitamin content.  Pars- 
ley soup, parsley tea, and parsley sauce are all pleasant ways of 
using it. It makes a beautiful compact border in the garden and 
stays green until after frost. It is attractive as an accent in ar- 
rangements or as an edge to a formal bouquet. The Greek saying 
when an important under- 
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“we are only at the parsley and the rue, 
taking was just planned, came from the use of the two plants as 
