MAGNOLIA NURSERIES 
654 Western Avenue 
Magnolia ~~ Mass. 
Tel. Magnolia 1340 
Perennial Culinary Herbs 
All plants priced 35¢ each or 3 for $1.00, except where noted. 
Minimum mail order accepted + $1.00 
Balm, Lemon (Melissa officinalis) + Makes a delicious tea, and is used in cold drinks. 
Burnet, Salad (Sanguisorba minor) ~ For cucumber flavor in salads. Used in cream 
cheese sandwiches and hors d'oeuvres. Spikey 
pink blooms are attractive. 
Chive (Allium schoenoparasum) ~- For onion flavor in salads, omelettes, cheese, 
SAUCES. 
Garden Sorrel (Rumey acetosa) ~ For salads. 
Hyssop (Hyssopus offincinalis) ~ Blue spikes of flowers colorful in the herb gar 
den. leaves used for seasoning in vegetables. 
A medicinal tea is made from the leaves, stems 
and flowerse 
Mint: ~ A combination of the varieties listed below makes 
a delicious tea when served with honey and 
lemon and orange slices. 
Curlymint (Mentha crispa) ~ Best for real mint flavor. 
Spearmint (Mentha spicata) ~ For flavor in cheeses, salads, soups, teas. 
Apple Mint(M. rotundifolia) ~ A wooly leaved mint. Mild flavor. 
Variegated apple mint 
(Var. Variezata) ~ Striking green and white foliage. 
Peppermint (Mentha eres - For a soothing tea. 
Gray~leaved peppermint 
(Mentha tomentosa) ~ Nice for color contrast. 
Anise~Flavored Spearmint (Mentha spicata anisatus) 
Marjoram, Sweet (Orizanum 
mar jorana) 
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A tenter perennial. For meats, stuffings, soups, 
egg dishes, and many others. 
Parsley (Petroselinum hortense) - Grown as an annual. For garnishes, salads, 
potatoes, soups, eggs, chicken, meats, many 
otherse Seedlings 50¢ per doz. 
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) - A tender perennial. Especially good in lamb, 
pork and beef, jams and sweet sauces. Grown 
indoors in winter. Price 50¢ each. 
Rue (Ruta graveolens) ~ Fresh leaves used sparingly in salads and in Rye 
bread sandwiches. Blue green foliage for ac 
cent in garden. Price 50¢ each. 
Sage (Salvia officinalis Var. 
Hott's Mammoth) ~ The universal flavoring for stuffings, cheeses, 
pickles. Good in stewed tomatoes, string beans. 
Strawberry, HEverbearing runner 
less (Harzland) - Small sweet berries. 25¢ each. 
Winter Savory (Satureia montana) - Not as strong in flavor as Summer savory. Used 
in string beans, peas, salads, stuffings, meat 
cakes, croquettes, cocktails. 
Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) - For salads and tartar, fish and cream sauces: in 
egg, mushroom, and chicken dishes. 50¢ each. 
Thyme, Common (Thyms vulgaris) - Used in sauces for meat and fish; boiled with 
carrots and peas; in scalloped onions, soups 
with onion, pork, veal, fricassees, chipped 
beef. 
Thyme, Citron or Lemon (Thyms 
citriodorus) ~ Same uses as above. 
Herbs for the Window Box Collection of 12 varieties of herbs for the 
kitchen. $3.00 
Annual Culinary Herbs 
Seedlings priced at 50¢ per dozen or 5¢ each, except where noted. 
Anise (Pimpinella anisum) - Fresh leaves in salads. Seeds in pastry, fresh 
cheeses. 
Borage (Borago officinalis) ~ Tender leaves for salads. Flowers and leaves for 
summer drinks. Flowers attractive. $1.00 per 
doz» 
