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AROMATIC HERBS, ETC. 
* Southernwood, 
* Speedwell, Virginian, 
* Spikenard, 
* * Tansy, 
* Wormwood, 
Artemisia abrotanum. 
Veronica Virginica. 
Aralia racemosa. 
Tanacetum vulgar e. 
Artemisia absinthium. 
The generality of Aromatic, Sweet, and Medicinal Herbs 
may^be raised from seed sown in April and May. The 
greater part of the above-mentioned plants are Perennial, 
and will multiply from the seed they drop, or from partings 
from the roots. The offsets, roots, or young plants -thus 
raised, should be planted at suitable distances from each other 
early in the spring. 
The beds should afterward be kept free from weeds, and 
as the herbs come into flower, they should be cut on a dry 
day, and spread in a shady place to dry, for winter use. The 
best way to preserve them after they are dried, is to rub 
them so as to pass them through a sieve, then pack them in 
Dottles or boxes, each kind by itself ; they should be after- 
ward kept in a dry place. 
In the month of October, the herb beds should be exam- 
ined. Lavender, Rosemary, and other tender plants, should 
be taken up, potted, and placed in a frame or greenhouse 
for the winter. Thyme, Hyssop, Winter Savory, Southern- 
wood, Sage, Rue, and the like, will require their tops to be 
neatly dressed ; and Pot Marjoram, Burnet, Tarragon, Tansy, 
Pennyroyal, Sorrel, Chamomile, Fennel, Horehound, Mint, 
Lovage, and other kinds of hardy Perennial Herbs, should 
be cut down close to the ground. 
After this is done, it will be proper to dig lightly, and 
loosen the ground between the roots of the shrubby plants ; 
but the beds of close-growing running plants, such as Mint, 
Running Thyme, and ail other creeping herbs, will not well 
admit of digging ; therefore, after the stalks are cut down, 
and the beds cleared of weeds, dig the alleys, and strew some 
of the loose earth evenly over. the beds ; and if the ground 
be rather poor or light, a top dressing of very rotten dung 
will be of considerable service. 
