. The school garden book. School gardens. SWEET HERBS 59 early in the spring. Fully half the list are members of the mint family, whose odd two-lipped blossoms are familiar. They are grown for their leaves and the tender tips of the branches, which are used for flavoring stews and like foods. Sage, spearmint, and catnip are relatively common. Balm, thyme, pennyroyal, rosemary, pepper- mint, and summer or winter savory are at least familiar names. Hoarhound, hyssop, pot and sweet marjoram, clary and sweet basil belong to this same mint family. Most other herbs belong to the parsley family havin
. The school garden book. School gardens. SWEET HERBS 59 early in the spring. Fully half the list are members of the mint family, whose odd two-lipped blossoms are familiar. They are grown for their leaves and the tender tips of the branches, which are used for flavoring stews and like foods. Sage, spearmint, and catnip are relatively common. Balm, thyme, pennyroyal, rosemary, pepper- mint, and summer or winter savory are at least familiar names. Hoarhound, hyssop, pot and sweet marjoram, clary and sweet basil belong to this same mint family. Most other herbs belong to the parsley family having their flowers in umbels. Caraway is a type of those whose seeds are used in flavoring breads and other foods, the others of this class being cori- ander, anise, and cumin. Parsley and chervil are species grown for their leaves, which have become finely cut and crisply curled in cultivation so that they are used for garnishing dishes as well as for flavoring. Dill is grown both for its tender foliage and for its seeds. Of the few remaining herbs which belong to other families of plants, tansy, rue, and lavender are hardy perennials, while borage is a hardy annual which reseeds itself. These hardly deserve cultivation for use in flavoring, although per- haps worth while for their flowers and to complete the herb list in the school garden. Mint, that is, spearmint, is a good herb to grow first. Its seeds are not catalogued for sale, but it multiplies very. Parsley Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947; Emerson, Philip, 1865-. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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