2 THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



ANGELICA. A perennial sweet herb (Angelica 

 qfflcinalis or A. archangelica) once used in medicine on 

 account of supposed angelic virtues. Grown for its 

 leaves and stems, which are candied ; occasionally used 

 as a pot-herb. 



Soil should be rich, deep and moist. 



Sow in fall, or in a seed-bed in spring, thinly in 

 rows one foot apart. 



Depth, about one inch. 



Thin to three to four inches. 



Transplant when twelve to fifteen inches tall, or 

 in the next spring, to two feet by eighteen inches. 



Picking may be begun during the second summer, 

 when the plants are well established. Gather the leaves 

 at intervals until the flower-stalks appear (in the second 

 or third summer), when cut down the whole plant, and 

 use the tender parts. It should give another picking in 

 the fall, and will sometimes bear an inferior crop the 

 following spring. 



Renew from seed, planting every two or three years. 

 The plants are useless after they have flowered. 



ANISE is Pimpinella anisum, an annual condimental 

 herb grown for its seeds, which are used chiefly in fla- 

 voring, but also in perfumes, confectionery, cordials, and 

 in American fox-hunting. No varieties are offered, and 

 no serious pests or diseases reported. 



Soil should be a sandy loam. 



