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the easiest culture. The seed is much used as flavoring- for 

 pickles of various kinds. It should be sown in the spring or 

 summer in rows about one foot apart and cultivated the same as 

 for carrots. Where the seed ripens, an abundance of plants 

 will spring- up the following year. 



Sweet Marjoram. {Origanum Marjorana. ) Native of Asia. — 

 Perennial but generally grown as an annual. — The leaves and 

 other green parts are used for seasoning. The seeds are very 

 small. Sow early in spring in any good garden soil. 



Summer Savory. ( Satureia hortensis. ) Native of Southern 

 Europe. — Annual. — A small plant eight to ten inches high. 

 The seed, which is very small, should be sown the latter part 

 of April or in May. The leaves and young shoots are used 

 for flavoring. 



Common Sage. ( Salvia officinalis. ) Native of Southern 

 Europe. — Perennial. — Plants forming broad tufts about six- 

 teen inches high: flowers in heads 

 of three or four in terminal clus- 

 ters, usually blueish white but 

 sometimes white or pink. The 

 seeds are round and of medium 

 size. Plants come readily from 

 seed, which should be sown in 

 early spring. It is customary 

 in a small way to sow the seed 

 outdoors and allow the plants to 

 remain where they grow for sever- 

 al years. Where it is grown on 

 a large scale, however, the plants 

 are generally put out as a second 

 crop, following such crops a sear- 

 ly peas or cabbage. There is 

 some uncertainty about its coming through very severe win- 

 ters in the more Northern states, but it generally does so in 

 good shape; it is more reliable if banked with earth or cov- 

 ered with litter in winter. Broad-leaved sage is an improved 

 kind. 



Thyme. ( Thymus vulgaris. ) Native of Southern Europe.— 

 Perennial. — A small plant with small aromatic leaves and 

 stems. It starts easily if sown in early spring. It is custom- 



Fig. 



Branch of Sage plant. 



