. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. SWEET BASIL SWEET BASIL Ocimum baiilicum. Ocimum, Greek, strong-scented. An annual of extremely fragrant foliage, long in cultivation. Stem.—One to two feet high, square, branching, hairy. Leaves. — Opposite, ovate-oblong, slightly serrate, petiolate; dotted with many, small, translucent oil-glands. Flowers.—White or bluish, borne in leafy terminal racemes or spikes made up of six-flowered whorls. Calyx.—Hairy, two-lipped; upper lip orbicular, concave; lower lip four-t
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. SWEET BASIL SWEET BASIL Ocimum baiilicum. Ocimum, Greek, strong-scented. An annual of extremely fragrant foliage, long in cultivation. Stem.—One to two feet high, square, branching, hairy. Leaves. — Opposite, ovate-oblong, slightly serrate, petiolate; dotted with many, small, translucent oil-glands. Flowers.—White or bluish, borne in leafy terminal racemes or spikes made up of six-flowered whorls. Calyx.—Hairy, two-lipped; upper lip orbicular, concave; lower lip four-toothed. Corolla.—Hairy, two-lipped, one lip four-toothed, teeth rounded; other lip undivided but erose. Stamens.—Four, declined; lower pair longer; the upper often with a process at their base. Pistil.—Four-cleft; style arising from between the lobes; stigma two-lobed. Fruit.—Four Sweet Basil. Ocimum basilicum Sweet Basil was formerly used as we use Mignonette, to give a pleasant fragrance to a bouquet; also to flavor soups and occasion- ally salads. Now, it is rarely seen, either in the flower or the kitchen garden. PEPPERMINT Mentha peperUa. Mentha, Greek, from the name of the nymph fabled to have been changed into mint by Proserpine. Perennial by runners and rootstocks, growing in wet places, beside rimning streams. Recognized by the peppery taste of the leaves. Europe, naturalized in America. 523. 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 Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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