BricgHt Eyes 
Clary Sage, Salvia sclarea, called ‘clear 
eyes’ or ‘bright eyes’, because the seeds were 
once used in an eye wash, also might have 
derived its name from the wide-awake look 
of the wide-spread, two-lipped corolla. 
Words cannot do justice to the beauty of 
this biennial with multiflorous spikes of 
shining, clear, blue and white blossoms, 
interspersed with rose-tinted, heart-shaped 
floral bracts. For the background in the 
perennial border, Clary’s aromatic, three 
foot tall, flowering stems, ideal for cutting 
for bouquets, are an unusual source of color 
and fragrance from June through September. 
SALAD BURNET 
Who wouldn’t love a cucumber-flavored 
herb which is ready for picking for salad, 
two months before the cucumbers in the 
garden have flowered? Salad Burnet has 
the added grace of bright rosettes of 
picoted-edged leaves which are almost ever- 
green. One of the fastest growing peren- 
nials, Salad Burnet makes a fine border plant, 
because, if it is not lee to flower, it 
does not exceed ten inches in height. How 
right was the old writer who said, ‘The 
salad is neither good nor fair, if Burnet 
is not there!” 
CHERVIL 
French chefs have a penchant for this 
delicate lacy-leaved herb similar in appear- 
ance and garnishing favor to Parsley. The 
faintly VYarragon-like flavor of the leaves 
suggests that Chervil, Anthricus cerefolium 
is the best answer to those who cannot 
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