PERILLA—Beefsteak Plant, Perilla frutescens crispa. Family: Labiatae. 
Uszs: Seeds yield a quick drying oil used in paint 
manufacture. Foliage makes handsome, long lasting 
bouquet material. 
Description: Annual reaching three feet with large, 
wrinkled deep purple leaves with crisped margins. 
Racemes of light lavender blossoms in shining pubes- 
cent calices. 
CuLTIvATION: Germinates readily from seed sown in 
a dry, sunny location. Thin to stand twelve inches 
apart. Perilla’s rich purple-bronze provides striking 
contrast to the silvery Artemisias. 

Perilla 1S packet 
ROSEMAR Y—Rosmarinus officinalis. Family: Labiatae. 
Usrs: Leaves valued for flavoring, sachet, moth pre- 
ventative and tea. Essential oils important in per- 
fumery and cosmetics. 
DescriPTION: Lovely bushy herb with narrow, smooth, 
dark green leaves and woody resinous stems. Young 
plants resemble miniature evergreen trees. Pale blue 
and sometimes white bilabiate flowers crowd the axils 
of the previous season’s growth. The rare prostrate 
Rosemary, Rosmarinus prostratus, is a fast-growing, decumbent, arch- 
ing, hoary-stemmed plant with narrower, grey leaves in dense clusters. 
More decorative than Rosmarinus officinalis, it has the same piney 
aromatic scent and flavor. A happy choice for the rock garden as it 
blooms in the garden in August as well as in February indoors. 

CULTIVATION: Rosemary is a tender perennial which must be wintered 
inside in this climate. Plants may be kept growing in a cool, sunny 
window or stored in a dormant state in a cool cellar. If the roots do 
not freeze it may live over outside when set close to a warm south, 
cellar wall. 
Rosemary No seed available 
