ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Herbs and Children, a Happy Harmony Frontispiece 



Spading Fork 1 



Barrel Culture of Herbs ^ 



Transplanting Board and Dibble 5 



Assortment of Favorite Weeders 8 



Popular Adjustable Row Marker 10 



Popular Spades 13 



Lath Screen for Shading Beds 16 



Harvesting Thyme Grovv^n on a Commercial Scale 18 



Garden Hoes of Various Styles 20 



Dried Herbs in Paper and Tin 22 



Herb Solution Bottle 24 



Paper Sacks of Dried Herbs for Home Use 26 



Hand Cultivator and Scarifier 27 



Flat of Seedlings Ready to Be Transplanted 32 



Glass Covered Propagating Box 34 



Flower Pot Propagating Bed 35 



Holt's Mammoth and Common Sage 38 



Marker for Hotbeds and Cold Frames 39 



Leading Forms of Trowels 40 



Wooden Dibbles 43 



Combination Hand Plow 45 



Surface Paring Cultivator 47 



Thinning Scheme for Harvesting 48 



Center Row Hand Cultivator ~ 50 



Hand Plow 52 



Prophecy of Many Toothsome Dishes 56 



Anise in Flower and in Fruit 60 



Sweet Basil ^^ 



Borage, Famous for "Cool Tankard" 70 



Caraway for Comfits and Birthday Cakes 74 



Catnip, Pussy's Delight 78 



