English Lavender 
Lavandula vera 25¢ pkt. 
The true English Lavender of fresh, 
clean perfume and arresting gray foliage. 
Seeds need long,cool germination period. 
Best results have been obtained by sowing 
in open ground in November to germinate 
early in the spring. Keep cool and shaded 
in flats until sprouts appear if sown in 
spring. Not for the beginner because it 
takes time to come up and several years 
to produce many flower spikes. 
2 feet. Sun. 
Lovage 
Levisticum officinale 25¢ pkt. 
Looks like celery; tastes better than 
celery and is a hardy perennial which 
lives for many years. Sow in flats,, keep 
moist and cool until germination begins; 
profits by fall-sowing too. Set out two 
feet apart in part shade,good soil. Leaves 
dry very well. 5 feet. Part shade. 
Oregano 
Origanum vulgare var. viride o0¢ pkt. 
This 1s the pungent seasoning for Mex- 
ican and Italian dishes that,to our know- 
ledge, was never available as seed in this 
country until we introduced it last year. 
Sow in flats like Sweet Marjoram and set 
out 12 inches apart. Not reliably hardy 
in the North. Blooms the first year but is 
usually cut for drying before it does so. 
The common Wild Marjoram, found naturalized 
in some parts of the country,has none of 
the rich,strong flavor of this Oregano. 
Many people have come to prefer it to 
Sweet Marjoram and it is a larger,more 
productive plant. 2 feet. Sun. 
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