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Common Scientific Imports Commercial Type Ras 
Name Name (Pounds) * Areas Plant Soils Culture Notes 
Catnip Nepeta Cataria Perennial to 3 feet |Not particular Seed 18"x24" sun |Herb. Sometimes 
used in tea 
Chamomile Anthemis noblis Perennial to Any soil Full sun Dried flower heads 
& inches used for tea 
- Chervil Anthriscus Annual to 2 feet /Light loam Reseeds, 3”x18” Needs cool weather. 
cerefolium shade erb 
Chives Allium Perennial to 2 feet |Rich loam Divisions in fall or |Milder than onion. 
schoenoprasum early spring Used in salad, soup, 
dressing 
Cinnamon Cinnamomum 850,356 E. and W. Indies, |Tree Cut back twice a_ /|Tropical 
zeylanicum Cochin China, S. year 
Saigon C. C. Loureirii America 
Clary Salvia Sclarea Biennial to 4 feet | Well drained loam, |Seed or cuttings, Leaves used as 
sun 10”x20” seasoning 
Clove Eugenia aromatica 3,744,555  |Zanzibar Evergreen tree Tropical. Unopened 
flower buds 
Coriander Coriandrum 1,618,322 |Europe, India, Perennial to 3 feet |Good garden soil, |Seed, 6"x15” Fruits are dried 
sativum Morocco sun annual 
Cudweed Artemisia Perennial to 3 feet |Not particular Seed, full sun For winter bouquets 
Purshiana 
Cumin Cuminum 986,283 |Southern Europe |Small annual Well drained, Seed, 18"x36’, Seeds used in bread, 
cyminum med. fertile sun cheese, liquor, etc. 
Dill Anethum graveolens Annual or longer |Sandy garden soil |Seed 9’x18", full Seeds sometimes 
sun shatter. Herb 
Dittany Dictamus albus Perennial to 3 feet |Light loam Full sun Flowers orna- 
mental. Herb 
Fennel Foeniculum vulgare 310,989 Widely cultivated |Tall perennial. Not particular. Annual, seed sun, {May become a pest 
Rich, moist LSI x24". 6? x loom in pastures 
Sweet F.. dulce Annual 
Fenugreek Trigonella 511,732 Southern Europe, |Annual legume Well drained loam |Seed in field Grown for seeds, 
Foenum-graecum Asia : also forage; 
ornamental 
Germander Teucrium Perennial Light loam Set plants, sun An edging plant. 
Small-leaved Chamaedrys to 1 foot Can be clipped 
Large-leaved |T. flavum to 2 feet 
Ginger Zingiber officinale 3,404,069 China, Japan, Perennial to 3 feet |Rich, moist soil, |Divide rhizomes __|Tropical 
Jamaica shade 
Hoarhound See Table 1 
Hyssop Hyssopus Perennial to 2 feet |Well drained, Seed, this to For soups. Herb 
officinalis mod. fertile 6x18" shade 
Lavender Lavandula vera Small shrub Well drained, Seeds, divisions, Harvest blooms 
L. spica sandy cutting set 18”’x36”" |2nd, 3rd and 4th 
years. Distil with- 
out drying 
Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis Herbaceous Well drained Seeds, cuttings Cut in full flower, 
perennial mod. fertile set 12’x18” dry. Only flowers 
distilled 
Mace Myristica 702,627 Tropics Evergreen tree Moist, rich loam __|Hot, moist climate |Tropical. Seed 
fragrans 4,420,911 (nutmeg) to 60 feet yields nutmeg 
Marjoram Majorana Perennial Well drained loam |Annual, seed For flavoring 
Sweet hortensis to 2 feet 12”x18” sun stews, etc. 
Dittany Originum Perennial Light loam Seed or Division 
of Crete Dictamnus to 1 foot in fall : 
Mint Mentha Mich., Ind., Perennial Moist soils high in |Cuttings or Mow when in 
Peppermint piperita New York organic matter divisions, keep bloom, haul to 
Pennyroyal M. Pulegium muck free of weeds distillery when dry. 
Spearmint M. Spicata Fresh leaves used in 
Horsemint M. sylvestris drinks 
Mustard Brassica 7,770,861 (seeds) Europe Annual to 6 feet |Not particular Seed in rows Leaves used as 
White hirta 1,025,580 (ground m.) greens, seed as 
Black B. nigra condiment, oil 
Pepper Piper nigrum 33,085,593 (black) East Climbing shrub Not particular, Seeds, cuttings Tropical. Black 
4,748,307 (white) Indies moist pruned at 2’, bears |from unripe, white 
at 3 years from nearly ripe 
fruit 
Pyrethrum Chrysanthemum 15,811,329 Austria, Japan, Perennial Deep, rich loam Seeds, harvest Cool growing 
cinerariaefolium, U. S. (experiment) flowers season needed. Not 
other species promising 
Quassia Picraena 625,151 |West Indies Tree Drug made from 
Jamaican excelsa chips, tropical 
Surinam Quassia amara W. Indies, Tropical|Tree Tropical 
America 
Quinine Cinchona 1,618,252 Java, India, Evergreen tree Tropical 
Ledgeriana, Jamaica 
other spectes 
Rosemary Rosmarinus Perennial to 4 feet |Well drained Cuttings, divi- 18’x24", sun. 
officinalis light soils sions, seed Perfumes, preserves. 
Herb 
Santonin Artemisia Cina Turkestan Semi-shrubby Dry, poor soil Divisions Dried unopened 
perennial flowers used for 
worms 


*1935 or a recent average—crude product. 
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