io6 GARDENING 



applying the bloom itself or by means of a soft 

 camel's-hair pencil. Cucumbers and marrows are 

 very easily dealt with, all that is necessary being 

 to apply pollen from the male bloom to that of the 

 female at any time while expanded. 



It is best done early on a light day, when the 

 sun is shining and the air is dry. 



DRYING OF HERBS 



Herbs should be gathered on a fine day when 

 they are at their full growth and before they 

 toughen. 



They should be cleansed from all grit and dust 

 and dried in the oven as quickly as possible ; then 

 pick the leaves and pound them to powder, each 

 sort separately, and then put them into tightly 

 corked glass pots. 



Chervil fennel and parsley may be dried from 

 May till July. 



Mint-thyme and marjoram in June and July. 



Lemon-thyme, summer and winter savoury, and 

 tarragon in July and August. 



Sage in August and September. 



It is well to have one pot of mixed fresh herbs, 

 such as two ounces of parsley, chervil, and mar- 

 joram ; one ounce of basil thyme, lemon thyme, 

 and savoury ; and half an ounce of tarragon. 



GRASS SEED TO SOW 



Rake the lawn thoroughly first ; tear the ground 

 up with the rake, and sprinkle fine earth all over 

 very evenly ; put earth in a sieve to sprinkle it 

 over, then sow the seeds and roll well ; roll about 



