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CULTIVATION: Plant seed in the open, when the ground is thoroughly 
warm in May, where plants are to remain. Transplanting retards 
growth which may mean losing the seeds to frost as they take about 
two months to ripen. The blossoms at the end of June are followed by 
grey, licorice-flavored seeds. Seedlings should be thinned to stand about 
six inches apart. Hilling or tying up the slender stems will keep the 
heavy seed heads from being pinned down by mud after each rain. 
Anise 15 packet 
SWEET BASIL—Ocimum Basilicum. Family: Labiatae. 
Usxs: Culinary herb of rich clove-like flavor that 
enhances tomatoes, salads and stews. 
DescrirTIOn: Basil is one of the most delightful 
: : herbs in all its diverse forms from the large Lettuce- 
$F leaf Basil, with wrinkled, glabrous leaves sometimes 
ik three inches broad, to the diminutive Bush Basil with 
J leaves not more than one half inch in size. Sweet 
_ Basil is so popular with the Italians that they put a 
«nll Ve, - leaf in every can of tomatoes and tomato paste. There 
is an old saying that any youth who accepts a sprig 
of Basil from a maid will love her forever. The bright, green, oval 
leaves are dotted with tiny oil glands which release a spicy aroma when 
the plant is disturbed. The stiff candalabra-like flowering stems reach 
three feet and are studded with whorls of white blossoms in August 
and September. The conspicuous hairy calices are shaped like a medie- 
val head-dress. 
Sweet Basil 10 packet 
BUSH BASIL—Ocimum minimum, is a choice variety with miniature, 
light-green leaves and a good flavor. It forms a dainty little bush with 
dense clusters of small oval leaves that give the plant a well trimmed 
look. A fine edging plant as it rarely grows more than a foot in 
height and has a neat compact habit. 
Bush Basil .25 packet 
PURPLE BUSH BASIL—Ocimum minimum pupureum, is a dwarf 
type of the Purple Basil not more than twelve inches tall. The leaves 
are as small as the Bush Basil but the shape is not as appealing. Blos- 
soms are pinkish, leaves and calices deep purple, scent not strong. 
Purple Bush Basil .25 packet 
