few herb-gardeners would know how to use grandmother’s spinning 
wheel, this dainty annual plant should have a place in the garden for 
its delicate blooms and useful seeds. 
Flax | 15 packet 
HOREHOUND—Marrubium vulgare. Family: Labiatae. 
'Usxs: Preparations for treating coughs and asthma 
are made from the leaves. Horehound candy is made 
by boiling down the fresh plant with sugar. 
DeEscRIPTION: Rounded, wrinkled hoary leaves of hot 
and dry taste and smell. White mint-like blossoms 
in dense axillary whorls are born on foot-long, 
branching stems. 
tga, CULTIVATION: A hardy perennial easily grown from 
seed in the poorest, driest soil. Sow in the spring in 
flats or rows and transplant to stand about twelve inches asunder. The 
grey, downy foliage cuts well for long-lasting bouquets. 
Horehound | .15 packet 
HORSEMINT—Spotted Monarda, American Horsemint, Monarda 
punctata. Family: Labiatae. 
Uses: Volatile oil used medicinally. Flowers and foliage are delightful 
for cutting. 
DEscRIPTION: The synonym Spotted Monarda is much more worthy 
of the striking beauty of this herb than the name Horsemint. It is a 
perennial with dark, ovate leaves on erect stems reaching three feet in 
height. The showy blossoms are arranged in whorls surrounded by large 
purplish bracts. The tubular corollas are yellow, spotted with rose and 
purple, like tiny orchids. | 
CULTIVATION: Start seeds in flats or seed bed and transplant to stand 
one foot apart. Slow-growing first year plants hug the ground. Pro- 
tect during the winter by heaping earth over the roots. 
Horsemint 15 packet 
