1752 



SWEET HERBS 



duly awakened to tlie uses of lierlis improvements in 

 growing handling and in the plants themt,el\es will 

 naturallj follow, to the pleasure and profit of all 



In this country the herbs best known and appreciated 

 are parsley sage thjme savorj marioiani spearmint, 

 dill feniul liui„..i iMlni ui.l ImsiI „,,,i„ed qpicM 



more i i 1 i i 'I ih i 



garden i I t ill 



excepl 



httle w.Mih II, ,1 

 searcelv sec n dutsKh 

 there they ha\ e oul 

 stncted mamlj to tl 

 restaurints ind bote 

 In min% mul. t _ 

 from til III II 



packe< 

 plied 



„ro\ier and sold dunng 

 1 one half the quantities 

 ire disposed of in the 



robably more tlia 

 used thioughout the country 

 latter m iniiir 



As a inle, the herbs are grown as annuals and are 

 propagated from seed sown in early spring, though 

 cuttage, layerage and division of the perennials are in 

 favor for home practice and to a certain extent also in 

 the market-garden. Coniini-r''i:illy tbry ni-p most coni- 



bage, peas, beets, etc. In iIh' Ih'iih' u-ii'Iiii i1m\- jire 

 frequently confined to a .-..i m > . :i il.> i„r, -mI.Ii t.. the 



Chen 



the 



eral, herbs should be planted m, 

 of fine texture, kept clean by 

 gathered on a dry day after the 



si.il 



Coriaiulri. Ihll. l-;„„rl. Ih,r,l,.>uu,l. l/,is..„i.. 

 gold, M.ujo,;,,,,. Mini. /:i,.-.l.,i. l;i,i„ni,iHl, 

 Samphire, Savory, Tarrayon, Thiittti.'. 



M. (i. K 

 SWEET LIME. See Lime. 



SWEET MARJORAM. See Origanum. 



SWEET PEA (Lnlhiirns nflnrnlnx. See Litlln, 

 botanical account. For strm-ture of the Hew 

 Legume). Figs, -111-11, h'.,,- iis l„.;,iii v rin.Mni 

 the Sweet Pea is tln' iiu.rn .ir ili, li.r-.' L'.nn^ i 

 it belongs. Loni,^ .'i r-niin-n ir.nili n ,iiinit:il, \\ i 

 cent years it has l.rni lii-i,n:jlil in a lii-li .I.' 

 development, until it ranks with the most popu 

 den favorites. It is also grown for high -class exh 

 and floriciiltural competition. 



Its early botanical history has been traced 

 1650. The whole liistory .if llic S«.<i r.,i;-,l:il 



treated by S. I'. Dii-ks, ,.f l.i.n.l n ' 



dening, for July 'Jl. ls;)7. Tl n ;■. , .' - 



is divided prin-'iiiallv Inmiii. Si- , . . . 

 original \"v\']<- \yt.-i: \. .■,<.■' hmI' . ■■.. ' 



island ami <-.i'^ - . •■ . , V .. : , . 



of thewlr . II - : 



Ceylon V • ...I, ■ :.i , I i ■ ||| 



as the I':." nil,,., 1 , • I r ,. ,,111 



red oul ii -i, i ■ -:■ I-,' 



Fathei- I'l n , i -n ' .■;•..' ■ ■ .\' • m i t :i! Mi I'l- 



enthusia II- 1,1, , , , I, ,ii , ,i ,1 , Mil 



SWEET PEA 



scarlet white and Painted Lad^ About 40 ^ears later 

 the striped and yellow aie found named on tin list. 

 Not until 1860 do we find any further ad\ ance, when a 

 blue edged ^ ai lety was offered since know n as Butterfly. 

 In ISbo Invincible Scarlet won a ccrtiecate In 1868 

 Crown Prim ess of Piussia appeared in Germany, and 

 ^ a lis tb til t light flesh pink Adonis m 1882 gave 

 II 1 1 111 in I pink, which was soon followed by a 



I II I li 1 111 \\ h \t was afterwards named Princess 

 I iiii s, ^ ,, ,1 „(!,, rs of less value helped to prepare 





2441. Flov^ers of Swc 



Pea, to shov 



vi.iu.-what 

 1- I lark maroon 

 I Iii.ligo King, 

 1. 1 iss in origi- 

 ineet with pop- 

 their merit of 

 ■iginality of color began 



the way for the modern Sweet Pea as it has come from 

 the skilled hands of Henry Eekford, the prince of spe- 

 cialists in this flower. 



About 1876 Henry Eekford, of Shropshire, England, 

 after long experience and signal success as a specialist 

 in other florists' flowers, took up the Sweet Pea. He 

 began with the 6 or 7 common sorts, working patiently 

 by means of cross-fertilization rind selection for seven 

 years before he had aiiviliin- of ir.rit to offer. By that 

 time he began to loi m ' i ■' 

 proved size and form. -i i 

 Boreatton, and the il- p i 

 were among the cbei rill;; i^n 

 nating colors. But his no\eltii 

 ular appreciation till about 11 

 size and granditlora form and i 



to excite a new interest in this flower, especially m 

 America. Up to 1898 Eekford put out about 75 varieties, 

 the product of 22 years of patient labor. A large per- 

 centage of his introductions has received certificates and 

 awards of merit froiii the Roval Horticultural Society 

 anil at i.lli.i' i:iu-li Ii ^li. .■,--. 'l .rivtun. of England, and 

 ,1. I '. Srliiniii . ■' ' :i I'l :iii long those who have 



At I lie i.i.i' ,1,1 I. .. 1 1. 1 1 list in Sweet Peas 



awolve in .\ini.i:i.i iLi: 111 ; .1 ■■! ileiiiand for the seed 

 led to the sucocssful cxperiiiic iit of growing it in Cali- 

 fornia. The demand soon increased till 125 tons of this 

 seed were produced by the California seed-growers, 

 and now practically the world's supply comes from 



vith stronger seed than the Eekt'ords. Thi 

 ist of varieties in 1898 numbered about 150 na 

 rbe colors now represented are white, light 



