. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . ants that are cultivated to some extent in are generally easily grown in mellow, open soil. Thosehaving foliage that is esteemed for its aroma should generallybe cut on a dry day, just as they reach full flowering stage, andshould be dried quickly in the shade. As a rule, herbs should becut before being frozen, though freezing does not always injurethem. When dry they should be kept in dry air-tight boxes orvessels. The demand is very limited for most of them. Only afew of the most common kin
. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . ants that are cultivated to some extent in are generally easily grown in mellow, open soil. Thosehaving foliage that is esteemed for its aroma should generallybe cut on a dry day, just as they reach full flowering stage, andshould be dried quickly in the shade. As a rule, herbs should becut before being frozen, though freezing does not always injurethem. When dry they should be kept in dry air-tight boxes orvessels. The demand is very limited for most of them. Only afew of the most common kinds are referred to here. In the ex-treme northern states, many of the perennial kinds will kill outin severe winters unless protected. THE MINT FAMILY. (Order Labiatae.)The Mint Family includes little other than herbs (with fewexceptions) which have aromatic herbage, square stems, op- 230 VEGETABLE GARDENING. posite simple leaves, 2-lipped corolla and a deeply 4-parted ovarywhich separates into the same number of seeds. Besides balm ^^^^ SUHMER SAGE SAVORY DILL CARAWAY FENNEL LAVENDER. BORAGE THYME ^U£ AN!S£ CORIANDER sAvOry Fig-ure 122—Characteristic portions of g-arden herbs. catnip, lavender, peppermint, sage, sweet basil, sweet marjoram,spearmint, summer savory, thyme, and winter savory whosecultural directions are here given, this order includes gardencoleus, hyssop, flowering sage or salvia, and horse mint. Theplants of this group are mostly grown for their aromatic herb-age. Balm.—(Melissa officinalis.)—A native of the south of Eu-rope.—Perennial.—A plant grov/ing about eighteen inches highhaving aromatic herbage. The seed is very small. Sow in springwhere the plants are to remain. Catnip.— (Nepeta cataria.)—Native of Europe.—Perennial —Often a common weed around buildings and along roadsides is used in a small way for seasoning. Easily grown from seedor by division. THE MINT FAMILY. 231 Lavender.— (Lavendula spica.)—Native of southern Eur
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