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fer to dry them rather than sell lower than $10 per 1000, 

 experience telling ns that the market will usually so reg- 

 ulate itself as to handsomely pay for holding back the 

 sale. The cost of getting the crop raised and marketed 

 will average about $150 per acre, the principal expense 

 being in tying it in bunches. But with many of our in- 

 dustrious German gardeners it does not cost half that, as 

 the tying up is usually done by their wives and children in 

 the evenings ; a pleasant as well as profitable occupation. 

 There are but few varieties of the different kinds of 

 Herbs, but of Thyme there are several, and it is very im- 

 portant to plant only what is known as the " spreading 

 variety;" an upright sort, sometimes sold in the seed 

 stores, is worthless as a market crop. The variety of 

 Sage, known as the Broad-leaved, is the best. 



