ROSEMAR Y—Rosmarinus officinalis. Family: Labiatae. 
Uses: Leaves valued for flavoring, sachets, moth preventative and tea. 
Essential oils important in perfumery and cosmetics. 
DescrirTION: Lovely bushy herb with narrow, smooth, dark green 
leaves and woody resinous stems. Young plants resemble miniature 
evergreen trees. Pale blue and sometimes white bilabiate flowers crowd 
the axils of the previous season’s growth. The rare prostrate Rosemary, 
Rosmarinus prostratus, is a fast-growing, decumbent, arching, hoary- 
stemmed plant with narrower, grey leaves in dense clusters. More 
decorative than Rosmarinus officinalis, it has the same piney aromatic 
scent and flavor. A happy choice for the rock garden as it blooms in 
the garden in August as well as in February indoors. 
CULTIVATION: Rosemary is a tender perennial which must be wintered 
inside in this climate. Plants may be kept growing in a cool, sunny 
window or stored in a dormant state in a cool cellar. If the roots do 
not freeze it may live over outside when set close to a warm south, 
cellar wall. 
RUE—Herb-of-grace, Ruta graveolens. Family: Rutaceae. 
Usrs: An old medicinal herb considered to be very antiseptic. Bunches 
of Rue were hung on the benches of the docks to protect the court 
from the pestilence of the goals. 
DescripTION: Blue-green, round lobed, segmented leaves which are 
almost evergreen on this hardy perennial. The corymbs of greenish- 
yellow blossoms provide for the continuation of the species in a curious 
way. The wide-spread stamens alternately bend over the pistil which 
rises from an enlarged green ovary in the center to dust their pollen 
on the stigma in case no insect is attracted by the curious acrid odor. 
CULTIVATION: Rue is a classic herb which enhances any garden with 
its lovely, thrifty, silvery blue foliage. It is easily grown from seed 
sown in the garden or seed bed and transplanted to allow twelve inches 
between mature plants. 
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