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! ones. Its uses 

 •eference herein, 

 pagation consists 

 growing shoots 

 plants resulting 

 and robust than 

 )ots are torn away 

 le ground, which 

 and glass cover- 

 should be about 

 mediately beneath 

 3rted into sandy 

 varm, in pit or 

 ery quickly, and 



Sage. 



is a hardy annual, and a native of Italy. It is 

 grown from seeds sown annually during the early 

 part of the month of April. The plant delights in 

 a simny situation and a deep rich soil. So soon as 

 the seedling plants are large enough, thin them out 

 to six inches apart. This will define the distance 

 requisite between rows when the seeds are sown in 

 drills, as is sometimes advisable. 



Winter Savory is a dwarf hardy shrub, intro- 

 duced also from the South of Europe. To secure u 

 stock of it, seeds may be sown as directed above for 

 Summer Savory ; tbe young seedling plants to be 

 subsequently, when large enough, transplanted on to 

 a similar site at one-foot distances apart. So soon 

 as gTOwth recommences 

 in this newly-planted bed, 

 take off the points of each, 

 to induce a bushy growth. 

 It wiU be desirable to 

 choose a showery period 

 during the' month of June, 

 should the plants be large 

 enough for such transplant- 

 ing. 



To propagate this Winter 

 Savory otherwise than from 

 seeds, old plants may be 

 divided, or cuttings formed 

 of the young side-shoots, 

 consisting of a portion of 

 old wood, dibbled out into 

 a shady border, as advised 

 for Sage. 



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times destroyed during very 

 are too well known to require i 

 The quickest and best mode of pro] 

 of striking cuttings of the young 

 during the month of May. The 

 from these are more quickly grown 

 when slips or more matured side-she 

 from the plants and dibbled into th 

 is a convenient method where pots 

 ings do not exist. The cuttings i 

 four joints in length, cut off imm 

 the lowermost pair of leaves. Ins( 

 .soil tightly, and kept close, or "v 

 frame for a short time, they root v 

 are soon ready for finally 

 transplanting out into the 

 permanent bed. To pro- 

 pagate the plant by means 

 of the more matured slips, 

 they should be slipped off 

 neatly, and should consist . 

 of the shortest side-shoots. 

 Then cut away any rough 

 edge from the base of the 

 wound, remove all old leaves 

 up to the upper two or three 

 pairs, and dibble each 

 deeply, or up to the base 

 •of the lowermost leaves ex- 

 isting upon each, in a shady 

 border. When these are 

 TOoted and commence grow- 

 ing, prepare a bed for them 

 in any part of the garden 

 where full or partial sun- 

 ;shine exists, and plant the young plants thereon 

 in rows, leaving one foot between each plant. 

 During all after-culture care must be taken to 

 keep them periodically cut down, or the points of 

 all strong leading shoots must be removed, or the 

 plants will rapidly assume a too long or leggy form. 

 The practice of cutting down the plants in the early 

 autumn is beneficial to the plants in this regard, if 

 it be but done at a time convenient for future 

 growth, which should be established prior to winter. 

 This process should be performed towards the end 

 of July, at such time as the plant shows a dispo- 

 sition to flower, when all flowering shoots should be 

 removed at their base. In pruning them down, 

 however, take care to leave a few growing shoots 

 around the base, as an aid to the plant's futui'e 

 progress. 



Savory, Summer and Winter {Satureja hor-> 

 tensis and /S. montana). French, Sariette ; German, 

 ScUurei ; Italian, Satoreggia. — The Summer Savory 



Skirret {Shim Sisarum). 

 French, Chcrvis ; German, Zuckcrivurzel ; Italian, 

 Sisaro. — The Skirret, or Crummock as it is occasion- 

 ally called, is a perennial, having generally some- 

 what divided enlarged roots, which are cooked and 

 used after the manner of Salsify, kc. The plant 

 was at one time far more popiilar than at present. 

 The roots may be said to be pure white and of very 

 pleasant flavour. Seeds should be sown in drill- 

 rows eight or nine inches apart, about April 10th, 

 and when the plants are large enough thin them 

 out to seven inches apart in the rows. A light 

 stony or sandy soil well worked, and with a layer of 

 manure seven or eight inches deep, is most likely to 

 produce roots with limited branches. The plant 

 being a perennial, as stated above, can also be pro- 

 pagated by means of root-divisions. Any side-root j 

 which can be detached from the stools, dibbled 

 out into similar soil to the above, at any tim_e 

 when the stools are large enough, and they have not 

 run to seed, will produce examples in all waj^s fit for 

 culinary uses. 



