Growing Flowers 93 



African marigold has a spreading habit. The 

 former is best suited for bedding or for borders and 

 the latter for herbaceous or shrubbery borders. 



Marigolds will be benefited by transplanting. 

 If the seed is sown in a hotbed or cold frame very 

 early in the spring and the young plants trans- 

 planted first to pots which confine the roots of the 

 plant and check it, and after a couple of inches 

 growth, again transplanted, the increased food 

 supply will promote a splendid growth. The soil 

 should be rich and the plants kept fairly moist. 



Marjoram 



Sweet marjoram belongs to the origanum family. 

 It is a very pleasing little plant which grows about 

 ten inches in height and which will thrive in a rock 

 garden. The soil should be light and sandy. 



The leaves of sweet marjoram should be picked in 

 the heat of summer and kept in a cool, dry place for 

 drying out before using. If taken from the stem 

 they will dry more readily. When cuttings are 

 made they should be taken at the season when the 

 plants are not growing and should be put into 

 sandy, damp soil for rooting. 



