SAGE, CLARY—Salvia sclarea. Family: Labiatae. 
Usrs: Leaves dipped in batter to make tasty frit- 
ters. The essential oil is a fixative in perfumes. 
Description: A four foot tall, old-fashioned bi- 
ennial with huge, heart-shaped, toothed, rugose 
leaves covered with velvety hairs. The shining 
spikes, of blue and white blossoms clasped in varie- 
gated bracts, rising above the leaves, give the plants 
the effect of maids in flounced hoop-skirts. The 
flowers emit an unforgetable pungent perfume. 
CULTIVATION: Clary may be started from seed sown in the spring in 
the same way as Salvia officinalis. As plants die after flowering in the 
second year, new stock should be started each season for a succession 
of bloom. 

SAVORY, WINTER—Satureia montana. Family: Labiatae. 
Usrs: Leaves are used in the same manner as Summer Savory but do 
not have as fine and delicate flavor. 
Description: Dwarf; hardy perennial, woody stemmed herb with 
short, dark-green, oblong leaves and small white blossoms. 
CULTIVATION: Winter Savory is more difficult to grow from seed than 
Summer Savory. The seeds should be sown in specially prepared soil 
in a flat or seed bed. An easier method of propagation is by divisions 
of roots in the spring or cuttings from side shoots taken with a heel 
attached. 
SAVORY, SUMMER—Bohenkraut, Satureia hortensis. Family: Labia- 
tae. 
Uses: Leaves used for flavoring beans, salads, meats, 
chicken and vegetables. 
DescripTIon: A slender, branching annual to > eighteen 
inches in height with mall oval leaves of a fresh spicy 
flavor. In July the foliage turns a deep bronze. The 
drift of tiny, pinkish blossoms make the plants look 
as though they had been sprinkled with powdered 
sugar. 
CULTIVATION: Germinates rapidly from seed sown outside. Thin to 
six inches apart, hill up slim stems, when leaf tips are first cut for 
drying at the end of June, to keep the plants from being dragged in 
the mud by the first heavy rain. 

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