GARDENING FOR ALL. 89 
New potatoes and green peas are better for just a 
suspicion of mint about them, broad beans for their parsley 
sauce, and the duok and onions incomplete without the sage. 
PARSLEY—/(Petroselinum sativum) 
is most easy to grow, but not often seen in the best condition. 
Sow seed in rich soilin March for summer and autumn 
use, and at the beginning of July for use in winter. Thin 
out the seedlings freely to five inches apart at the first 
thinning, and afterwards remove every other plant. If more 
parsley is wanted, the thinnings may be transplanted carefully. 
Under these conditions fine and beautifully moss-curled 
parsley may be obtained year after year. Parsley is usually 
very inferior through being over-crowded. 
MINT—(Mentha viridis) 
may easily be propagated in spring, by taking young shoots 
with a small portion of root attached, and planting in a shady 
position until established, or by affording protection with a 
hand-glass ; and by ordinary division of the roots. 
SAGE—/Sailvia officinalis) 
is easily raised from seed; or from cuttings, four or five 
inches long (taken off with a “heel” like a rose cutting) 
taken in June and inserted in sandy soil in a shady position 
under a hand-light; also by layers, as every old housewife 
knows full well. 
PENNYROYAL—/ Mentha pulegium ) 
may be rooted from cuttings in spring or autumn; or raised 
from seed. All herbs may be raised from seed as easily as 
celery, and under the same system in the early stages of 
growth. 
THYME—( Thymus vulgaris) 
can easily be obtained from seed, thousands of seedlings 
sometimes springing up about old plants; also by cuttings 
and layers. 
SWEET MARJORAM—/ Origanum marjorana ) 
is raised from seed; or from cuttings struck under a 
hand-light, or in a cold frame in June. 
