. Culinary herbs;. Herbs; cbk. 34 CULIXARV HERBS rows looked like regiments drawn up in close order and not, as was desired, merely lines of scattered skirmishers. In many places there Avere more than lOO to the foot! Fortunately the variety was a quick-maturing kind and the crop, for such it be- came, was harvested before any damage was done the slow-appearing seedlings, whose positions the radishes were intended to indicate. CUTTINGS No herbs are so easy to propagate by means of cuttings as spearmint, peppermint, and their rela- tives which have underground stems. Every joint of these stems
. Culinary herbs;. Herbs; cbk. 34 CULIXARV HERBS rows looked like regiments drawn up in close order and not, as was desired, merely lines of scattered skirmishers. In many places there Avere more than lOO to the foot! Fortunately the variety was a quick-maturing kind and the crop, for such it be- came, was harvested before any damage was done the slow-appearing seedlings, whose positions the radishes were intended to indicate. CUTTINGS No herbs are so easy to propagate by means of cuttings as spearmint, peppermint, and their rela- tives which have underground stems. Every joint of these stems will produce a new plant if placed in somewhat moist soil. Often, however, this abil- ity is a disadvantage, because the plants are prone to spread and become a nuisance unless watched. Hence such plants should be placed where they will not have their roots cut by tools used close to them. When they their borders should be trimmed with a sharp spade pushed vertically full depth into the soil and all the earth beyond the clump thus restricted should be shaken out with a garden fork and the cut pieces of mint removed. Further, the forked-over ground should be hoed every week during the remainder of the season, to destroy lurking Glass-Covered Propagating Box seem to be extending. 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 Kains, Maurice Grenville. [from old catalog]. New York, Orange Judd company; [etc. , etc. ]
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