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there is room for them in the flower beds, or in rows two 

 feet apart and from fifteen to twenty inches apart in the 

 row. Lavender will in time be extensively grown in this 

 country. 



CARAWAY. 



The seeds of Caraway are sometimes introduced into 

 cheese and mixed with bread, cake, cookies, etc. The 

 leaves, when young, are sometimes used for flavoring 

 soups and salads. The plants are easily grown, and may 

 be treated as recommended for Coriander. 



WORMWOOD. 



Wormwood is perhaps not entitled to be called a sweet 

 herb, but it is certainly a very useful plant, and should 

 be grown in every farmer's garden. For sprains, worm- 

 wood and vinegar is a time-honored remedy. The leaves 

 are chopped up with Rue and Cress, and mixed with 

 the food of young turkies. An infusion of Wormwood 

 seeds with Chamomile flowers, is often taken as a tonic. 

 Wormwood can be sown in a warm border early in April, 

 in rows fifteen inches apart, and thinned to ten inches 

 apart in the row. Next year every second plant may be 

 dug up for transplanting, and still leave those on the 

 original bed thick enough. If the plants are dug up 

 with a good ball of earth their growth will not be 

 checked. 



RUE. 



This very old-fashioned medicinal plant can be grown 

 in the same way as Wormwood. 



ANISE. 



Anise does not transplant readily, and the seed should 

 be sown where it is intended that the plants shall re- 



