A Garden Is Not Complete without Herbs 

Thyme 
EGGPLANT 
One ounce will produce about 1000 plants 
Cutture. 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 
Cuxture. Sow in March for an early crop 
and in July for a second one. Space the plants 
about 8 inches apart in rows 1% 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- pees Very tender 
when young. 

Black Beauty Eggplant 

Ty ohoheand: Anise 
spread thinly where they can dry quickly. 
Anise. 
Balm. 
Borage. 
Caraway Seeds. 
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. 
Pennyroyal. 
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. 

Used to flavor bread. 
EGGPLANT 
Black Beauty. . 
Fla. High Bush.. 
ENDIVE 
Green Curled 
White Curled 
HERBS 
Balrahce eee eae Ee 

Pennyroyal 7s cates corse eee 
Peppermint 
Spearmint 
Borage. . 
Caraway Seeds. . 
Coriander. . 
Tansy 
Horehound 
Lavender 
Martynia 
Sage..... 
Summer. Savory . 
Sweet Basil 
Sweet Marjoram 
Saffron 
Thyme (Broadleaf) 
Wormwood... 
FINOCCHIO (Fennel)..... 
Lavender 
New York foproes Burples LAG ene 
Rosemary2% so. 20 cet pe te ot oom eee 
Sweet Marjoram Fennel 
HERBS, Culinary and Medicinal 
Cutture. Herbs delight m a rich, mellow soil. 
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 
Sow seed early in spring m shallow drills, 1 
Tansy. The young leaves are used for sea- 
soning 
Theses (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 im 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. 
Packets, ounces, and 14 pounds postpaid. 
For larger quantities consult chart on page 1. 
Pkt. L602. Oz. Y4lb. 
Ph 10 $030 $0 oe $1 75 
10 30 1 75 
10 30 1 75 
Broad-leaved Batavian......>........+.++s..56 
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All 
Herbs 
extremely 
scarce 


14 Vegetable and Herb Seeds 
THE MEYER SEED CO. 
