Culinary and Aromatic Herbs 
Plus a few used only for Ornament in Modern Gardens 
PLANTS 
All varieties (except Holt’s Mammoth Sage): 
50c each; 3 to 9 at 45c; 10 or more at 10c. 
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum). For salads and cot- 
tage cheese, to impart a wild onion flavor. Rosy 
purple flowers make it popular for edging beds of 
other herbs. 
Old Man or Southernwood (Arlemisia abrolanum). 
**Nose herb” grown for its scented gray foliage. Also 
called ** Lad’s Love.”’ 
Old Woman, Beach Wormwood or Dusty Miller 
(A. stelleriana). Aromatic, silvery gray foliage. Used 
for edgings and as a companion for Old Man. 
Tarragon (A. dracunculus). Pungent leaves used with 
scrambled eggs, green peas and for making Tarragon 
vinegar. 
Hyssop (//yssopus officinalis). Leaves and tips used 
for Hyssop tea. Often grown in pots. 
Lavender (Lavandula opie), For fragrant dried 
leaves to be used in sachets or placed in linen closets. 
Low shrub. 
We have a very nice group of annuals this year, 
which will be ready by early May for customers 
calling at the nursery. 
For Spring Only: We have a very nice group 
of mixed hardy Violas (Hardy Pansies) at $3.00 
per dozen. There are blues, purples, yellows, 
apricots and deep reds with all colors in between. 
These are all choice field grown plants of two 
years. Please give collection No.],We also have 
quantities of Siberian Iris for naturalizing. 
These must be ordered before April Ist and in 
quantities of ten or more. These are 20¢ each 
in quantities only. 
For candy and 
Horehound (Marrubium vulgare). 
cough remedies. Grows best in dry soil. 
Orange or Bergamot Mint (Mentha citrata). 
liciously sweet; used in beverages. 
Peppermint (\/. piperita). Its uses are too many and 
well known to list. Grows 2 to 3 feet high, with 
purple and white flowers. 
Spearmint (\/. spicata). For mint jelly, iced tea and 
other beverages, candy and icings. 
Catnip ( Nepela calaria). Principally grown for. feline 
pleasure but also made into a tea for human head- 
aches. 3 feet high, with pale, downy foliage and pale 
purple flowers. 
Rue (Ruta graveolens). Tender young leaves used in 
sandwiches. Gray foliage and yellow flowers. 
Mother-of-Thyme (Thymus serpyllum). Very low, 
creeping sub-shrub usé@ for carpeting ground in 
herb gardens, between stepping stones, etc. 
White Mountain Thyme (7. serpyllum albus). Light 
green foliage on ground-hugging plants with white 
flowers. Best variety to plant between flagstones 
on terraces. 
Scarlet Thyme (7. serpyllum splendens). Dark green, 
prostrate foliage with bright rosy red blooms. 
Lemon Thyme (T. serpyllum vulgaris). Foliage smells 
and tastes like lemon. 
Common Thyme (T. rulgaris). Used like other 
varieties in gardens and for seasoning soups, cheese 
dishes and salads in the culinary department. 
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ASPARAGUS 
Mary Washington. An excel- 
lent, rust-resistant variety for 
either home garden or market. 
Rapid growing, yielding thick, 
long, straight stalks that are 
tender even when overgrown. 
We offer one-year-old plants 
because in addition to costing 
less than two-year plants, they 
come into bearing just as 
soon and are a more satis- 
factory size for transplanting. 
The plants are usually set 18 
inches apart in the row. 25 
plants for $1.45; 50 for $2.45; 
100 for $4.00; 250 for $7.00; 
500 for $12.00, 
Sage, Holt’s Mammoth (Salvia officinalis clon). 
This variety produces much larger leaves of su- 
perior quality to ordinary Sage. It does not pro- 
duce seed. Root sets: 50e each; 3 for $1.25; 
6 for $2.30; 12 for $4.20. 
SEEDS 
Prices given after each variety. Shipped prepaid. 
Dill (Anethum graveolens). For seasoning pickles. 
Seed: 10c per pkt. 
Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis). Aromatic lemon- 
mint leaves. Perennial. Seed: 15c per pkt. 
Marjoram, Sweet (Origanum onites). Used in soups 
and salads, also as a tea for indigestion. Actually a 
perennial but grown as an annual. Seed: 20c per pkt. 
Parsley (Petroselinum horlense). For seasoning creamed 
potatoes, soups and other dishes, also for garnishing. 
A biennial grown as an annual. Pot a few of your 
plants in late summer to keep handy on your kitchen 
windowsill during the winter and to give to friends. 
Soak Parsley seed in warm water before sowing it 
indoors in February. Seed: 15¢ per pkt. : 
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis). Grayish leaves 
with rich, pungent aroma. For soups and roast lamb 
dressing. A shrubby perennial easily raised from 
seed. Seed: 5c per pkt. 
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