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also in situations appropriate to them. By the waterside are 
marsh-mint (Blephila ciliata) and watermint (Mentha cana- 
densis), as sweet as any mints of the gardens. On the hilltops 
are fine wild bergamots and basils, sweet-fern (fig. 80), fra- 
grant everlasting (fig. 130), odorous goldenrod, and other 
sweet things, having scents in pleasing and endless variety. 
These are among the wild things that every one should 
know. 
Study 35. Aromatic Herbs of the Farm 
The program of work for this study will consist of a trip 
along fence-row, brookside, waste places, and woods, devoted 
to finding the wild aromatic herbs. Test all kinds of foliage 
by drawing it through the hands and smelling of it. Test 
barks and woods also. Certain odorous roots such as sweet 
Cicely and sarsaparilla, should be dug up and crushed and 
tested; also the seeds of any umbelworts found ripe. A few 
rank-smelling aromatics, like richweed, should be included, 
by way of contrast. A look-in upon the aromatics of an herb 
garden may conclude the work. 
The record of this study may well consist of a table of 
aromatic herbs, prepared with column headings as follows: 
Name (of plant). 
Grows where (in what sort of place, wet or dry, sun or 
shade, etc.). 
Growth-habit (erect, trailing, creeping, climbing, twining, 
etc.). 
Part aromatic (leaves, stem, root, seed, etc.). 
Character of aroma. 
Suited to what use. 
Remarks. 
