CULTIVATION: Sow seed in early spring in full sun. Thin or transplant 
to twelve inches apart. Keep well in the background near a fence or 
wall to give support to the branching stalks made top-heavy by the 
golden umbels. Seeds do not ripen until October. , 
HOREHOUND—Marrubium vulgare. Family: Labiatae. 
Uses: Preparations for treating coughs and asthma 
are made from the leaves. Horehound candy is made 
by boiling down the fresh plant with sugar. 
‘DESCRIPTION: Rounded, wrinkled hoary leaves of hot 
and dry taste and smell. White mint-like blossoms 
in dense axillary whorls are born on foot-long, 
branching stems. 
ull. CULTIVATION: A hardy perennial easily grown from 
7 seed in the poorest, driest soil. Sow in the spring in 
flats or rows and transplant to stand about twelve inches asunder. The 
grey, downy foliage cuts well for long-lasting bouquets. | 
HORSEMINT—Spotted Monarda, American Horsemint, Monarda 
punctata. Family: Labiatae. 
Users: Volatile oil used medicinally. Flowers and foliage are delightful 
for cutting. 
DescripTIon: The synonym Spotted Monarda is much more worthy 
of the striking beauty of this herb than the name Horsemint. It is a 
perennial with dark, ovate leaves on erect stems reaching three feet in 
height. The showy blossoms are arranged in whorls surrounded by large 
_ purplish bracts. The tubular corollas are yellow, spotted with rose and 
purple, like tiny orchids. 
CULTIVATION: Start seeds in flats or seed bed and transplant to stand 
one foot apart. Slow-growing first year plants hug the ground. Pro- 
tect during the winter by heaping earth over the roots. 
HYSSOP—Hyssopus officinalis. Family: Labiatae. 
Uses: An old medicinal herb that is sometimes used for seasoning but 
the pungency is too strong and bitter for most tastes. 
DEscrIPTION: Two-foot tall, hardy, bushy perennial with a profusion 
of deep-blue flowering spikes. A fine bee forage for it blossoms from 
early in July until November. There is no more satisfactory edging 
plant than Hyssop whether it is allowed to bloom or kept clipped like 
box. Pink and white flowering varieties are rare and delightful com- 
panions to the blue. 
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