A Garden Is Not Complete without Herbs 


EGGPLANT 
One ounce will produce about 1,000 plants 
Curtrure. Eggplant seed will not vege- 
tate freely without a strong, uniform heat, 
and if the plants get the least chilled in the 
earlier stages of growth, they seldom recover. 
Therefore, repeated sowings are sometimes 
necessary. 120 days. Soil D. 
Black. Beauty. The earliest large variety. 
Fruits rich, dark purple. 
New York Improved Purple. Large, 
smooth, deep purple fruits free of thorns; 
flesh white, of excellent quality. Very 
productive. 
Florida High Bush. Upstanding; bears 
oblong purple fruit off the ground. 
EGGPLANT PLANTS. See page 24. 
ENDIVE 
CutrureE. Sow in March for an early crop 
and in July for a second one. Space the plants 
about 8 inches apart in rows 114 feet apart. 
Soil B. : 
Broad-leaved Batavian. Escarolle. This 
variety is chiefly used in soups and stews. 
It requires to be tied up for blanching. 
Green Curled. Tender and crisp. 
White Curled. Self-blanching. Very tender 
when young. 
Black Beauty Eggplant 
14 Vegetable and Herb Seeds 
Horehound 


_ Anise 
HERBS « 
Lavender 



Fennel 
Sweet Marjoram 
We are in position to furnish plants of some Herbs. 
Inquiries will have our prompt attention. 
Curture. Herbs delight in a rich, mellow soil. Sow seed early in spring in shallow drills, 1 
foot apart; when up a few inches, thin out to proper distances, or transplant. They should be 
cut on a dry day just before they come into full blossom, tied in bunches and hung up or 
spread thinly where they can dry quickly. 
Anise. 
Balm. 
Borage. 
Caraway Seeds. Used to flavor bread. 
Catnip. 
Coriander. No supply. 
Dill. The seeds are used as a condiment and 
for pickling. 
Fennel, Sweet. 
Horehound. For medicinal purposes and 
flavoring. 
Lavender. For flavoring and perfumery. 
Martynia. The young seed-pods make ex- 
cellent pickle. No supply. 
Peppermint. No supply. 
Rosemary. Leaves used for seasoning. 
Rue. No supply. 
Sage. For seasoning and dressing. 
Saffron. For medicinal and coloring pur- 
poses. 
Spearmint. For flavoring. No supply. 
Summer Savory. Used for flavoring. 
Sweet Basil. For flavoring soups. 
Sweet Marjoram. Leaves and ends of 
shoots used for seasoning. 
EGGPLANT 
New York Improved Purple............ 
Black Beauty...... 
Fiat High Bush: pete een hehe 
ENDIVE 
Cream Carled eeepc ce et nsyedal t loxe uetruene 
White Curled.. Soptiee cei ate sieve 
Broadcleaved Datavian qe tees) choo 
HERBS 
Anise a Sep ee ae ig tee eee 
Balen a ee cee 
Catnip ot er eee ay tery tk catia 

Tansy. The young leaves are used for sea- 
soning. 
Thyme (Broadleaf). For seasoning, also 
for making tea for nervous headache. 
Wormwood. No supply. 
Woodruff (Asperula odorata’ Waldmeister). 
A delightful, fragrant little herb which is 
used in the well-known German drink 
““Maitrank.’’ No supply. 
FINOCCHIO . Fennel 
A delicious vegetable which is extensively 
used in Italy as a salad, but is particularly 
palatable when served boiled, with a cream 
dressing. When the enlargement of leaf- 
stalk, at base of stem, is about the size of a 
hen’s egg it should be earthed up so as to 
cover half of it, and in about 10 days cutting 
for use may be commenced and continued 
as the plants increase in growth. The flavor 
is somewhat like celery, but it has a sweeter 
taste and delicate odor. 60 days. Soil A. 
All seeds on this page in packets, ounces, 
and 14 pounds postpaid in local and Ist and 
2d Zones. : 

Pkt. oz. Oz. Yb. Lb. 
weve 90 10 ees $0 60 $2 00 $7 00 
10 60 200 7 00 
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Spearmints..).- creer oe e-tce ra 
Borage..... 
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Coriandert: Sek ee tis eo oats cubes el neem 
Dull ee ete 
Fonicle succt eee Sir er ee 
Tansy..... 
Horehound? fener ae teeta te ee ana 
Lavender... 
Mariya Se OC ee Oe eer aman oom 
Rosemaryoee ieee as ie ie eis ee nae 
Riva ees eons roke be ic ae rer eres se) ee 
Sage sus: ens 
Giminder SAVOEy cn eee ee ee 
‘Sweet Basilio fel. cue hehe ciate earls atetegs 
Sweet. Marjoram (jae) aocele omens ier 
Saffron. 
Thyme, (Broadleaf) <a ibas.Gneo ee oe 
Wormwood.... 
Woodralt(Waldmeiater)s. 2 40.) amine aneett 
FINOCCHIO (Fennel)............66. 

10 35 60 2 00 7 00 
10 15 50 1 50 
a 4 10 15 50 150 
10 15 50 1 50 
15 60 
15 
15 
15 60 
15 75 
10 15 40 1 25 
10 25 
15 
15 60 
15 2 00 
15 All 
Herbs 
15 1 00 extremely 
15 Scarce 
15 90 
15 1 00 
15 
15 1 00 
enege 10 25 75 
THE MEYER SEED CO. 
