Painesville, Ohio 
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RELIABLE GARDEN SEEDS 
Home “Herb Gardens” for culinary and medicinal 
uses, for their pungent scents and attractive plant 
and flower effects, have become smart gardéning. 
We offer the eariest grown and most «useful 
types. s 
Plants should be cut on a dry day just before 
full bloom, and hung up to dry. 
ANISE. 55 days. Leaves used for flavoring, , gar- 
nishing, cordials; seeds in baking. Pkt. 20¢; 
oz. 50c. 
BASIL, SWEET. Spicy sweet taste; a good addition 
to green salads, to dishes containing tomato or 
cheese, to fruit drinks, and in soups with other 
herbs. Leaves may be dried. Pkt. 20¢; 2 oz. 45c. 
CARAWAY. 60 days. Leaves used for flavoring 
soups, etc. The second year the aromatic seeds 
are used to flavor bread, cookies, cakes, etc. Pkt. 
20c; 2 oz. 35c. 
CHIVES. An onion type and flavor, the plant per- 
fectly hardy and perennial. The finely chopped 
leaves are much favored in salads, soups and 
stews. The growing plant is quite ornamental. 
Pkt. 25¢; 1% oz. 75c. 
DILL. 70 days. indis- 
pensable in dill pickles. 
Leaf, stem and seed used; 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 40c. 
KOHL RABI 
A turnip-rooted Cabbage, the edible part being the 
swollen, fleshy bulb which grows on a stalk a few inches 
above the ground. Use before bulbs get to be more 
than 2 inches thick. Remove the thick outer skin be- 
fore boiling, and serve like turnips, the flavor uniting 
both cabbage and turnip. Sow YY inch deep, in drills 
2 feet apart; thin to 8 inches apart. 
Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 40c; oz. 75¢; V4 Ib. $2.50 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA. 55 days. Produces bulbs of 
2Y inches in diameter 55-60 days after seed is sown 
out of doors. The standard sort for forcing and for 
home and market garden use. Plants very small; 
leaves medium green. Bulbs flattened globe-shape; 
pale green; used when 2-21 inches in diameter, but 
grow much larger; interior white, mild, crisp and 
tender. 
EARLY PURPLE VIENNA. 60 days. Standard early 
sort. Plants small; leaves dark green with profuse 
purple staining. Bulbs globe-shap; best for use when 
2-2 inches in diameter, but become l!arger; exterior 
purple, but flesh white; mild, crisp and tender. 
MUSTARD 
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED, Long Standing. 40 days. 
Very hardy and the most popular for greens. Leaves 
large and wide, bright green and very curly on the 
edges. The plant although slightly spreading, is 
quite upright in growth. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 1% Ib. 60c 

HOREHOUND. A poor-soil plant, grown compactly. 
The leaves and juice from the flowering tops 
provide that pungent, bitter, efficient flavor found 
in cough syrups and ‘Horehound candy.’’ Pkt. 
20c; Ye oz. 40c. 
SAGE. Perennial. The leaves and tender tops are 
used to season dressing and sauces. A medicinal 
tea is also made from the dried leaves. Pkt. 
25¢; V2 oz. $1.25. 
SUMMER SAVORY. Leaves and flowering tops are 
put into dressings, boiled with peas and snap- 
beans; and are used fresh in salads with other 
herb flavorings. Pkt. 20c¢. 
SWEET FENNEL. Eat the fresh tender stems raw 
(like celery); or break up into salads. Leaves. 
may flavor soups and sauces; seeds give pleasant 
taste to candy, and medicine. Pkt. 20€; V2 oz. 35c. 
SWEET MORJORAM. 70 days. 
soups, broths and dressings. 
Used as a relish in 
Perennial. Pkt. 20c. 
BROAD-LEAVED THYME. 70 days. An _ aromatic 
perennial about 12 inches high; quite ornamental, 
with tiny lilac flowers. The leaves are used for 
flavoring soups, gravies, stews, sauces and dress- 
ings; and in tea for headaches. Pkt. 20e. 
OKRA 
CULTURE. Seed should be soaked before planting to 
insure quick and even germination; sow in rows 2 to 3 
feet apart, and thin to 12 inches in the row. Gather 
pods when young. 1. pkt. plants 15 ft.; 1 oz., 50 ft. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢; 14 Ib. 25¢ 
WHITE VELVET. 65 days. Plants 3 ft. tall; pods white, 
fleshy and tender; slender, become 6-7 in. long and 
7g in. in diameter; tapered, smooth, not ribbed. 
DWARF LONG POD GREEN. 55 days. Prolific. Plants 
2-3 feet tall; pods dark green, fleshy and tender; 
become 7-8 inches long and 1g inches in diameter; 
tapered near tip. 
PARSLEY 
Sow in rich, mellow soil; soak the seed 12 hours before 
sowing, which should be done in early spring, as they 
are very slow to germinate. When 1 or 2 inches high, 
thin out the plants to 6 inches apart in the rows. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 1/4 Ib. 60c; V2 Ib. $1.00; Ib. $1.85 
HAMBURG, THICK ROOTED. 90 days. The root of 
this variety is edible and resembles a slender parsnip 
in color and shape. The flesh is white, dry, and sim- 
ilar to celeriac in flavor. The roots may be stored in 
sand for winter use. 
PARAMOUNT. 85 days. Silver medal in all-America 
Trials. Plants 12 inches tall with spread of 20 inches 
when properly spaced. Color unusually rich dark green; 
texture more uniformly and attractively ‘triple curled’’ 
than older strains. A striking variety for uniformity 
of type. ’ 
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