TAR 
THY 
poses; ripe about the middle of June. ] 
Syn. Early Scarlet, Original Scarlet, i 
Scarlet Virginian, Old Bath, Vir- ( 
ginian. 
Prolific. Hautbois, large, conical, first- . 
rate flavour, and good bearer; ripens i 
from the end of June to beginning ] 
of July; easily distinguished by its : 
very large flowers and long persistent 1 
stamens. Syn. Conical, Double Bear- i 
ing. Dwarf, Hermaphrodite, Musk, ; 
Regent’s, Sacombe, Sir Joseph 
Banks’s, Spring Grove. ; 
Roseberry. An old, well-known, and 
justly-esteemed variety, with large, 
conical, high-flavoured fruit; con¬ 
tinuing in long succession, its season 
extending from the middle of J une to 
near the end of July. Syn. Aberdeen, 
Aberdeen Seedling, Brickley Scarlet, 
Prolific Pine, Rose, Scotch Scarlet. 
Swainstone’s Seedling. Large, ovate, 
richly-flavoured fruit; a great bearer, 
and sometimes producing a second 
crop in autumn; a good forcing 
variety. 
White Carolina. Large, roundish fruit, 
of medium flavour, and being white is 
desirable for the pleasing variation 
it affords with the other scarlet kinds; 
in season from the end of June to 
beginning of July. Syn. Carolina, 
Chili, Cone, Conical White Carolina, 
Globe, Large Blush Pine, Large White 
Chili, Large Pale Chili, Red and 
White Bath, White, White Bath, 
White Chili. 
Eor the sake of their autumnal fruit, 
a bed of the red and white Alpine 
strawberries should be grown, the best 
position being at the foot of an. east 
wall; here, with little trouble, a dish of 
small sweet fruit may be gathered from 
June to November; their general cul¬ 
ture is the same as that already de¬ 
scribed, except that they do not require 
so much space, their foliage being 
smaller; a foot between the rows will 
leave them ample room. 
TARRAGON. Artemisia dracun- 
culus (Linn.) Nat. Ord. Composite. 
A strong-flavoured herb, esteemed in 
Indian cookery. It requires the treat¬ 
ment usual with savory and other plants 
of the class. 
THYME. Thymus vulgaris (Linn.) 
Nat. Ord. Labiates. One of the most 
useful of potherbs. Common thyme is 
readily increased by seed, layers, or 
slips ; it delights in light rich earth, 
though it will not refuse to grow in 
the poorest soil. The best time for 
propagation is in the spring months, 
between March and May ; at that time 
seed sown in drills, and barely covered, 
will vegetate quickly. Cuttings taken 
now and stuck under a handglass, or at 
the foot of a wall, speedily make root, 
while layers may be formed by merely 
throwing a little mould over the base of 
the strongest shoots, and by either 
method a good supply of plants may be 
certainly secured for the next winter’s 
use. 'Lemon Thyme, T. serpyllum 
citriodorus , is more tender than, the 
preceding, but being also more delicate 
in flavour, a little extra trouble must be 
taken to have the requisite stock. It 
is propagated by either cuttings or 
layers; the latter are the easiest and 
most usual. The plants require a 
warmer position than the common 
thyme, and are particular in insisting 
on dry light soil, a damp situation gene¬ 
rally kills them; they should be planted 
out in August, and the less they are 
subsequently disturbed the better for 
them. In winter it is often worth while 
to cover a few plants with a handlight, 
that fresh sprigs may be at hand when 
required, otherwise a long continued 
frost or snow may make them scarce. 
In connexion with the culture of herbs, 
we may point out the impolicy of plant¬ 
ing them in out of the way nooks which 
• never receive a single cheering ray from 
■ the sun. This is too frequently a 
; correct description of the station allotted 
;■ them, and though we do not wish to 
1 recommend an extreme course, it must 
be remembered in such places the plants 
will ever be deficient in the only article 
- for which they are grown—their flavour. 
. It is impossible they should possess it 
1 when grown where their secretions are 
