136 THE HERB GARDEN 



These should be fully twelve inches apart. This 

 form can also be propagated by slips or cuttings. 

 Plants will grow to a good size, therefore need ample 

 room. 



Chervil is a quick-growing annual. Seed should 

 be sown in shallow drills in March, and each month 

 for succession until August, when a sowing to stand 

 the winter and produce seed the following year may 

 be made. Very small sowings suffice. 



'Tarragon is a perennial, and has rather warm leaf- 

 age ; this is often used with cold salading to correct 

 its coolness. Plants can be obtained by parting the 

 roots in winter, and replanting into fresh, good soil. 

 Leaves gathered in the summer and dried are very 

 useful in winter. It is not much in request. 



Fennel. Fennel is a tall handsome foliage plant 

 of which one or two suffice for most gardens. It can 

 be raised from seed or by lifting and replanting of 

 sets, or by dividing roots and replanting them. The 

 flowers should be pinched out when seen. Fennel 

 leafage is frequently used to flavour fish. 



It may be mentioned that all these herbs do well 

 in ordinary garden soil. They need to be kept clean, 

 and an occasional top dressing or mulch in the winter 

 of short manure is helpful. 



Medicinal Herbs. These consist of Balm, Cha- 

 momile, Rue, Wormwood, Pennyroyal, Peppermint, 

 Tansy, Hyssop, and several others now rarely met 

 with in gardens. Those mentioned are chiefly peren- 

 nial, can be increased by divisions, by cuttings or 



