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will sow it too thick. Cultivate and hoe, and as the 

 plants begin to crowd, thin them out. These young 

 plants can be drawn out by the roots, and put in bunches 

 for home use, or for market. This thinning out can be 

 continued at different times until the plants are left from 

 eight to ten inches apart in the row. 



In England, it is thought that thyme must be grown 

 on the poorest of poor land, else it will lack the desired 

 flavor. In our dry, hot climate, however, thyme will 

 stand rich land and good cultivation. There are two 

 kinds; one is what the European seed catalogues call 

 "Hardy Winter," or "Evergreen." The leaves are 

 lemon-scented, and by some it is preferred to the com- 

 mon, or Broad -leaved kind. Both can be grown from 

 seed, or propagated by division of the roots, but better 

 plants are obtained from seed. The seeds are exceed- 

 ingly small, and must be sown on the best prepared and 

 finest land. They come up slowly, and it is desirable to 

 sow them thickly. It will do no harm if you have to 

 thin out fifty plants to one that is ultimately left. One 

 pound of seed to the acre will be amply sufficient. 



Thyme is put up in bunches and marketed like sage, 

 or it may be dried and shipped to any distance. Any 

 one who has an evaporator for drying fruit, could easily 

 devise a plan for drying bunches of sweet herbs, and 

 make the business highly profitable. 



SUMMER SAVORY. 



There are two kinds of Savory; a Winter, or perennial, 

 and the Summer, or annual sort; the latter is the best. 

 The seed may be sown in March, in a box in the house, 

 and the plants set out in the garden as soon as the 

 weather will permit. This is not necessary, however, 

 as the plants will do well if the seed is sown in any good 

 garden soil early in the spring, or as soon as the ground 



