Anise—-F lowers yellowish white. Roots and leaves 
somewhat like Celery. Use for garnishing.,. sea- 
soning, and in cordials. Also used in bread, 
cake, cookies and candy. 14 to 16 inches tall. 
Seed should be sown where plants are to stand. 
Basil—Sweet Large Leaf— The clove flavored 
foliage is tall, light green and very aromatic. 
Stalks 18 inches. Excellent in omelets, soups, 
and as a garnishing for salad. Splendid in 
cheese or tomato dishes and in fruit drinks. 
Purple flowers. 
Borage—F lowers excellent for bees and for gar- 
nishing cool drinks. Only the small tender leaves 
should be used. Flowers purple or violet, and 
are fine for house decoration. 
Mammoth Dill 
Coriander—-White flowers. Seeds used in confec- 
tionary and for flavoring beverages. 
Dandelion—Used in salads for its pungent taste. 
Fennel, Florence—Bulb is usually boiled and used 
in fish sauces. Blanched stalks can be eaten 
like Celery. 
Dill, Mammoth—Seed used for seasoning pickles, 
and foliage in salads. Flowers attractive yellow. 
Nasturtium—-Seeds and leaves used in salads and 
pickles. : 
Sage—Perennial. One foot. Leaves used for sea- 
soning meats and poultry dressing. 
Sorrel—Narrow leaved, can be eaten raw like Let- 
tuce, or boiled like Spinach. Endures 4 to 5 
years, Perennial. 
Sudulls Kile 
or Borecele 
One ounce of seed will sow 100 yards of row. 
Four pounds to the acre. This is a very valuable 
plant for greens. A curly, loose-leaved plant of 
the Cabbage family. Sow in the early Spring 
when the Oak is in full leaf, again in the early 
Autumn. Drill in rows of 2% feet, thin to 8 or 
20 inches, according to vigor of variety. 
Bloomsdale Double Extra Curled—50 Days. A 
superior sort, introduced by us in 1894, being 
very curly, dark blue green, hardy, so short 
stemmed that it rests practically on the ground, 
9 to 11 inches broad, spreading and far denser 
in foliage than any other sort. Plants broader 
than a bushel basket and seem to hug the 
earth. More hardy than Dwarf Curled Scotch, 
passing unharmed through the severest Winter 
as far north as Philadelphia. 9 inches high. 


Kale—Bloomsdale Double Extra Curled 
Dwarf Blue Scotch—50 Days. Very finely curled 
leaves on short stem. Color: blue green. Dwarf. 
Compact. 
Dwarf Curled Scotch or Norfolk—55 Days. A 
very favorite sort for garnishing. Sometimes 
called Dark Green Moss Curled. Foliage dark 
green, very finely curled. An excellent variety 
of spreading habit, short stalk. 14 to 16 inches 
in height. 
Dwarf Siberian—60 Days. Foliage fiat, broad, 
curled on edges, blue, hardy. Stands a most 
rigorous Winter. Very vigorous, 16 inches, large 
leaves, cumparatively plain, frequently grown 
for forage. 

Ra alt 
Kohl Rabi— Purple Vienna 
Gendell Kohl Rati 
One ounce of seed will plant 200 feet of row. 
Plant four pounds per acre. This plant, used both 
' for table and for cattle feeding, is a Cabbage in 
which the cultural development has been directed 
to the stalk, not to leaf. Enlarged stems take the 
globular form of the Turnip and are the edible 
part. Best eaten when the bulbs are not very 
large and remove outer skin before boiling. More 
tender and sweet than Turnips. Culture is similar 
to Cabbage. Plant early and sow until hot weath- 
er. Cover seed % in., sow in rows 12” to 18” 
apart. Thin plants to 5”. 
Purple Vienna—60 Days. The bulb of this va- 
riety is purple. Green leaves with purple stems. 
It should be cooked when not over two inches 
in diameter. In maturity it develops for use 
with the White Vienna. 
White Vienna—60 Days. Very choice stock. 
Short-leaved, bulb light green, very rapid in 
growth. Fine in texture if eaten when not over 
two inches. Symmetrical in form. 
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