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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



blanch and eat tlie stalks like celery. A little fennel seed 

 sometimes gives an agreeable variety in flavoring apple- 

 sauce and pies. But it is most used medicinally. The 

 seeds are carminative and stimulant, and in an infusion are 

 excellent for the flatulent colic of infants. 



Angelica Archangelica — An gelic a. 



A native of many parts of Northern Europe. It is a 

 biennial plant, rising from three to five feet high. The 

 whole plant is powerfully aromatic. Its roots have a 

 fragrant, agreeable odor, and at first a sweetish taste 

 which soon turns acrid in the mouth. Its medical proper- 

 ties are aromatic, stimulant and gently tonic. 



Its stalks were formerly blanched and eaten like celery, 

 but it is now mostly cultivated to make a sweetmeat from 

 them when young and tender. They are also candied by 

 the confectioners. 



Sow the seed one foot apart in August or September, 

 and when they get about four inclies high, the next spring, 

 set them in rows two feet apart. Though the plant is 

 only a biennial, yet by cutting down the seed-stalk when- 

 ever it rises, the same plant may be preserved several 

 seasons. Angelica likes a moist, cool soil. 



Anthemis nohilis — Chamomile. 



A perennial, a native of England, cultivated for its 

 flowers, which have a bitter aromatic taste, and are in 

 small doses a useful tonic, but given largely, act as an 

 emetic. An infusion of them improves digestion and gives 

 tone to the disordered stomach. The flowers are some- 

 times chewed as a substitute for tobacco. 



It is best propagated by dividing the roots in spring. 

 Keep the ground free from weeds. 



