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The Mint. 



There are two kinds of Mint, but they are used for 

 quite different purposes. Lamb or Spear Mint, the 

 leaves of which are long and very narrow-pointed, is 

 the only one used in cookery ; the other is most useful 

 as a medicine, and no one, rich or poor, should be 

 without a good bed of Peppermint. This has quite a 

 different flavour from that of the Spear Mint, and does 

 not answer the same purpose. Mint should be re- 

 planted on good light land once in two years, and be 

 top-dressed with rotten dung every November. 



Basil. 



There are also two sorts of Basil in use, but they 

 are much the same, both possessing a Clove flavour, 

 and are much used by good cooks for flavouring soups. 

 Basil must be sown annually in seed-pans, and trans- 

 planted out on good ground on a warm border after- 

 wards. Sow the seed in February or the beginning of 

 March, and set the pans on a mild heat ; harden off 

 as soon as an inch high, and plant out in May, 6 or 9 

 inches apart. It is an annual. 



Tarragon. 



Tarragon is a herb not much in use, but it is occa- 

 sionally employed for correcting other herbs. It should 

 be used green. It is a perennial, and may be raised 

 from seed or multiplied by division of the root. Plant 

 it out on poor ground in an open space. 



Tansy. 



This is a beautiful-foliaged plant, and possesses a 

 very peculiar scent. It is often used to flavour soups, 

 as well as for medicinal purposes. It is a hardy peren- 

 nial, and will grow in almost any soil. It may be 

 propagated by division of the root. 



