72 Better Herbs 
ay State Nurseries 
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Herb Plant Varieties 
Balm, Lemon. Melissa officinalis. A low shrubby herb with small yellow 
and white flowers loved by bees. Leaves, with the odor and taste of lemon, 
used in cooling summer drinks, and to flavor tea. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Beebalm. Monarda didyma. Tall woody stemmed herb with heads of bright 
scarlet flowers and fragrant leaves and seeds. The steeped leaves make an 
aromatic tea. 30c each; $3.00 per doz. 
*Borage. Borago officinalis. An attractive herb about 2 feet high with 
bright blue flowers. Young plants used as pot herbs with cucumber flavor. 
Tips of stems and young leaves used in cooling drinks. Flowers are 
candied. 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
Burnet, Salad. Sanguisorba minor. Crushed leaves have the odor and 
flavor of cucumbers and are used in mixed green salads or aromatic 
vinegars. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Burnet, Canadian. Sanguisorba canadensis. A native “simple” for the 
wild garden with attractive white flower spikes. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Camomile. Anthemis nobilis. Decorative, finely cut foliage. A soothing 
tea is brewed from the dried flowers. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Camomile, False. Matricaria cap. nana. Golden Ball. Useful for dwarf 
edgings in the herb garden. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Catnip. Nepeta cataria. A soft gray-leaved, shrubby herb with bluish 
flowers and aromatic leaves used in medicinal tea. Loved by cats. 25c 
each; $2.50 per doz. 
Checkerberry. Gaultheria procumbens. A 3-inch shrub with creeping stems 
and shining evergreen leaves, white flowers in early spring and persistent 
red berries. Whole plant very aromatic and once the only source of winter- 
green oil. For the wild garden. 30c each; $3.00 per doz. 
*Chervil. Anthriscus cerefolium. A delicately pretty and fernlike little 
plant with white flowers and leaves turning bronze. Young leaves used in 
soups, salads, and omelets to give a slightly anise flavor. 20c each; $2.00 
per doz. 
Chive. Allium schoenoprasum. Small, lilac flower-heads and grasslike leaves 
make a lovely edging in the spring. Grows in a small bulbous clump. 
Onion flavor used in cheeses, salads, and vinegars. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Clary, Common. Salvia sclarea. Tall sturdy shrub to 4 ft. with large leaves 
and decorative pink and blue flowers. The young leaves flavor wines. 30c 
each; $3.00 per doz. 
^Coriander. Coriandrum sativum. A pretty herb with dainty white umbels 
of flowers and fern-like leaves, 1 ft. or more tall. Dried seeds used in 
bread, sausages, and cheeses. 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
Costmary. Chrysanthemum balsamita. (Bible Leaf or Sweet Mary.) Large, 
light green leaves with minty odor and yellow Tansy-like flowers in late 
summer. 30c each; $3.00 per doz. 
Cowslip. Primula veris. Leaves and flowers flavor wines. For the wild 
garden, also as edging for the herb garden. 30c each; $3.00 per doz. 
*Dill. Anethum graveolens. A tall herb with attractive blue-green foliage 
and umbels of yellowish flowers. Young leaves and seeds used as seasoning 
in salads, and to flavor vinegar or cucumber pickles. 20c each; $2.00 per 
doz. 
*Fennel. Foeniculum vulgare. Tall, decorative herb with large, finely cut 
leaves and yellow flowers. Anise-flavored seeds used to flavor liquors, soups, 
and bread; leaves for garnishing fish. 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
Germander. Teucrium chamaedrys. Plants with small, glossy dark green 
leaves and rose-lavender flowers in July. Once a medicinal herb, now used 
only as a choice horticultural asset. Excellent as a dwarf trimmed hedge 
for herb or perennial gardens. 30c each; $3.00 
per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 
Ground Ivy. Nepeta hederacea (glechoma). A 
trailing, nearly evergreen ground cover, spread¬ 
ing rapidly, makes thick mats of dark green 
leaves and lovely dark blue flowers in early 
spring. Loved by bees. Brewed leaves once 
made a medicinal spring tonic. 25c each; 
$2.50 per doz. 
Heliotrope, Garden. Valeriana officinalis. Fra¬ 
grant plant of medieval herb gardens. Dried 
roots used in potpourris. For the wild garden 
and the border. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Horehound. Marrubium vulgare. A low, aro¬ 
matic shrub with woolly grayish leaves and 
white flowers. Dried leaves make the well- 
known candy. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
Hyssop. Hyssopus officinalis. Nearly evergreen, 
2-ft. shrub which may be kept trimmed as a 
fine low hedge. Blue spikes of flowers in June. 
Hyssop was once a medicinal “simple”. 25c 
each; $2.50 per doz. 
Jupitersbeard. Centranthus ruber. A plant of 
mediaeval herb gardens with showy red flow¬ 
ers. For the wild garden and the border. 30c 
each; $3.00 per doz. 
Lavender-Cotton. Santolina chamaecyparissus. 
A low, woody grayish shrub of pungent 
odor. A decorative herb in any garden, with 
small coral-like leaves and yellow flowers. 
Fine for the edges in “knot gardens”. 30c 
each; $3.00 per doz. 
Plants jjosi 
A New World of Forgotten Delights 
The rediscovery of herbs has opened up to garden lovers a new 
world of forgotten delights. The fragrant “nose” herbs, tasty “pot” 
and “ salad” herbs, and soothing “simples”, beloved by our great' 
grandmothers have come at last into their own, reasserting their 
piquant charms in the modern garden. Native to the warm slopes of 
the Mediterranean, herbs have been cherished from the dark ages 
down, and are intimately linked with every activity dear to man. The 
ancients believed that the plants partook of the essence of the gods, 
and were endowed with magical properties. 
Aromatic Perfumes to Refresh and Inspire 
And so indeed they are — instinct with magic and poetry — dis' 
tilling aromatic perfumes to refresh and inspire, whetting our jaded 
appetites with tart, fresh flavours and proffering us, in hours of 
weariness, the steaming cup of healing. 
Lavender, Spike. Lavandula spica. The flowers of this species are less attrac¬ 
tive than those of the True Lavender, but they appear later, carrying on 
the flowering season of this favorite herb. The leaves are longer and grayer 
and the whole plant less shrubby than the True Lavender. 25c each; $2.50 
per doz. 
Lavender, True or English. Lavandula officinalis. A low, shrubby herb, 
entirely fragrant. The stems are thickly set with small, stiff, gray-green 
leaves and bear at their tips long spikes of charming lavender-blue flowers 
from early June on. The flowers are dried for potpourris and “sweet bags” 
as well as for the aromatic tea which is brewed from them. 30c each; 
$3.00 per doz. 
*Lemon Verbena. Lippia citriodora. A tender, shrubby plant with small 
white flowers. The leaves are extremely fragrant and are used both green 
and dried for “tea” and potpourris. 30c each; $3.00 per doz. 
Lovage. Levisticum officinale. A tall, handsome plant for the shady border, 
with large, incised leaves and yellow umbels of flowers. Fresh leaves cut 
into salad dressing for their culinary flavoring. 30c each; $3.00 per doz. 
*Marjoram, Sweet. Origanum marjorana. A low-growing, soft-leaved little 
shrub with greenish knots of flowers. Delicately fragrant leaves used in 
scent bags and powders. Fresh leaves may be used in salads, dried leaves 
for season ng meats, poultry or cheeses. 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
Marjoram, Wild. Origanum vulgare. A charming herb about 2 ft. in height 
with thick, matted rosettes from which rise slender stems carrying pinkish 
red and white flower clusters. A decorative herb useful for cutting. Not as 
aromatic as Sweet Marjoram, but often used in the same way. 25c each; 
$2.50 per doz. 
‘A friendly use for the herbs—a fragrant welcome along the path to the house door, and the herbs 
are sweet to smell and pinch along the way.” 
Grow Your Own Herbs and Make the Cook Happy 
