4 The Tooles of Garry-nee-Dule 
Herb Magic 
If you are planting a new herb garden this year, or adding to your old 
garden, you will be interested in our list of seeds and plants. Our plants are all 
carefully grown, and most of them are sent to you out of pots so they will go 
right on growing when you receive them. 
Growing in friendliness with the human race, herbs became an essential to 
every home, whether cottage or castle up to recent times. In the rapid expansion 
of this country, some of their virtues were overlooked for a time. Their revival 
is not a fad but a natural outgrowth of our need for the natural things of life. 
GROWING HERBS 
Herbs present no special cultural problems. Excessive fertility is not 
necessary for most kinds, and a well drained good garden soil is ideal. The mint 
family seems to do well in a soil that is constantly moist. Chervil requires 
moderate shade to do well. 
Sow seeds of the annual herbs outdoors at early corn planting time, in your 
locality, or when the maples start to leaf out. 
HERB PLANTS 
Anise (Pimpinella anisum)—Annual. Seeds used in medicine, also to flavor 
cakes and candy. The leaves are used as flavor for salads and other foods. Pot- 
ted Plants, Each 10c; per Dozen $1.00; Seeds, per Packet 10c. 
Balm (Melissa officinalis)—-Perennial. Leaves deliciously scented with 
lemon. Used as a tea, to flavor other drinks, as medicine and for fragrance. 
Plants, Each 25c; 3 for 65c; per Dozen $2.50; Seeds, per Packet 10c. 
Basil, Sweet (Ocimum basilicum)—-Annual. The spicy fragrance blends well 
as a flavoring for tomatoes, fish sauces and for many other dishes. Green Basil 
with large leaves, and Purple Basil, with purple foliage. Plants, Each 10c; Dozen 
$1.00; Seeds, per Packet 10c. 
Bee Balm (Monarda didyma)—Perennial. Brilliant red flowers in summer. 
The fragrant leaves are used as a beverage tea. Each 25c; 3 for 65c; per Dozen 
$2.50. 
Borage (Borago officinalis)—-Annual. Star-shaped blue flowers. . The leaves 
and flowers add a flavor of cucumbers to salads and cold drinks. Each 10c; per 
Dozen $1.00; Seeds, per Packet 10c. 
Burnet (Sanguisorbia minor)—-Perennial. The young leaves are used in 
salads to add the flavor of cucumbers. Loses flavor when dried but makes a 
good vinegar. Each 25c; 3 for 65c; per Dozen $2.50; Seeds, per Packet 10c. 
Chamomile, Roman (Anthemis nobilis)—-Perennial. Home remedy and 
beauty treatment. The dried flowers are steeped as a tea. The low growing 
fern-like foliage is sometimes used to carpet paths or as a lawn. Each 20¢e; 3 for 
50c; per Dozen $2.00. 
Chamomile, German (Matricaria chamomilla)—-Annual and with smaller 
flowers. Widely used as a beverage tea, and as a wash for blonde hair, also as 
a medicine. Plants, Each 10c; per Dozen $1.00; Seeds, per Packet 10c. ; 
Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)—Annual. Easily grown but needs light 
shade. The fine light green leaves are much used as garnish and flavoring in 
the way parsley is used. Plants, Each 10c; per Dozen $1.00; Seeds, per Packet 
10c 
Chicory, Witloof or French Endive—Perennial, with ornamental blue flowers. 
The blanched leaves are used as a salad, dried roots are used for a coffee substi- 
tute. Each 20c; 12 for $2.00; Seeds, per Packet 10c. 
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)—Perennial. The tender tops are used wher- 
ever a mild onion-like flavor is desired. The deep lilac heads of flowers are also 
very ornamental. Clumps, Each 15c; 3 for 40c; 12 for $1.50. 
