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spreads every where* and can scarcely be 
eradicated. Chervil is an annual used for 
garnishing* and sometimes in salads* and the 
common Marigold is an annual* a native of 
the South of Europe* introduced before 1573* 
but now seldom grown except in cottage 
gardens. 
Sweet Herbs .—These plants* though called 
in gardening-books sweet herbs* are mostly 
aromatic shrubs; such as thyme* sage* &c. 
Thyme .—There are two kinds of this deli¬ 
cate little shrub cultivated in gardens; the 
common and the lemon: both are natives of 
the south of Europe* and were introduced 
before 1548. Young plants are generally 
raised, by division of the root* or from offsets 
slipped off the branching roots in spring or 
autumn; they grow best in poor dry soil* or 
lime rubbish. 
Sage is a much taller-growing shrub than 
thyme. It is a native of the south of Eu¬ 
rope* and was introduced before 1597. It 
is propagated by slips* or by cuttings of 
the young shoots taken off in May or June; 
but as the plant is very long-lived it seldom 
