

Biennials or Annuals 
Requiring Special Care 
Anise 
Pimpinella anisum 15¢ pkt. 
One of the annual herbs grown for seed 
to use in flavoring cookies and hot breads. 
Needs long growing season; sow in warm 
ground and thin but do not transplant. 
Hill up slender stems when plants begin to 
bloom. 18 inches. Sun. 
Caraway 
Carum carvi 10¢ pkt. 
Takes two seasons to mature seeds. 
Sow in spring or fall. Lovely umbels of 
white flowers in May of second year. Likes 
clay soil; needs same clean culture and 
thinning as carrots. Home-grown seeds have 
a superior flavor. 3 feet. Sun or part shade 
Chervil 
Anthriscus cerefolium 15¢ pkt. 
An annual which can be grown as a bi- 
ennial by sowing seed twice,in spring and 
again in late summer. Needs moist soil, 
rich in humus. The best plants have ap- 
peared on compost heaps. Scatter seeds on 
top of ground as early in the spring as 
possible. Thin but do not transplant. 
Needs partial shade. Once started,self- 
sows freely if the soil is rich and fri- 
able. 2 feet. Part shade. 
Fennel Flower 
Nigella sativus 25¢ pkt. 
The culinary sister to Love-in-a-Mist 
has black seeds which are tasty as poppy 
seeds on rolls. Plant in good soil;in full 
sun.and thin but do not transplant. Cur- 
ious blue-green flowers 18 in. Sun. 
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