THYME—English Thyme, Thymus vulgaris. Family: Labiatae. 
Uses: Leaves used for flavoring and tea. 
DescrirTion: Dwarf, shrubby perennial with woody stems and small 
aromatic leaves. The French thyme has more erect, grey, narrower 
leaves and seems to be more tender. Both varieties are valuable in the 
herb garden or rock garden for their almost evergreen foliage and 
dainty pink blossoms. 
CULTIVATION: Sow fine seed in flats or seed bed. Do not let soil dry 
out or become soggy from over-watering before seeds germinate. 
When seedlings have four true leaves they are past the crucial stage, 
and may be transplanted. Both the culinary and the creeping Thymes 
prefer sandy, well-drained soil in the proximity of flat stones or bricks 
which hold the warmth. If the roots are mulched with dirt in the 
fall many side shoots will layer and may be set out as new plants in 
the spring. 
English Thyme .15 packet 
WORMWOOD—Common Wormwood, Absinthe, Arfemisia absinth- 
tum. Family: Compositae. 
Usss: Dried leaves used as a moth repellent. The vola- 
tile oil is used to make the liqueur Absinthe and also 
in patent medicines, 
DEscRIPTION: Downy, silvery, much-cut leaves are 
topped by loose panicles of yellow flower heads on 
three foot stems in late summer. Extremely bitter 
taste and musty smell are typical of the genus which 
includes the soft, silvery, Fringed Wormwood, A. fri- 
gida, the feathery, spreading Roman Wormwood, A. 
YAM pontica, the low white-leaved Beach Wormwood, A. 
. Stelleriana, and the decorative Silver King, A. albula. 
Their silvery foliage is an arresting contrast to the greens and purples 
in the herb garden. 

CuLTivaTion: Seed of Common Wormwood may be sown in the open 
in spring or fall. Thin seedlings to stand at least twelve inches apart. 
Prefers a clay soil in partial shade but thrives under almost any con- 
ditions. 
Wormwood 25 packet 
