CHAPTER V 



AROMATIC HERBS GROWN FOR THEIR SEEDS 



' How do the tiny seeds transform 

 To living gold the leaden sod ? 

 How is the dead made quick and warm ? 

 Oh, mystic alchemy of God ! 



' We know not by what charm 'tis done. 

 This miracle of summer hours ; 

 But yet of earth, the rain, and sun, 

 Are made the living golden flowers.' 



Some Herbs are precious for the sake of their roots, 

 some for the sake of their leaves, some for their 

 flowers, and others for the sake of their seeds. 

 To a group of aromatic Herbs of this sort the 

 present chapter shall be devoted. 



The growing of plants from seed is one of the 

 gardener's greatest pleasures. He is the first to 

 see the small green leaves or earliest spikes that 

 part the mould. How greatly is the interest of 

 this yearly miracle enhanced, when the plants 



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