Culinary Herbs | Page 5

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Samphire 129
Savory, Summer 131
Savory, Winter 132
Southernwood 133
Tansy 134
Tarragon 134
Thyme 137
ILLUSTRATIONS
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Herbs and Children, a Happy Harmony _Frontispiece_
Spading Fork 1
Barrel Culture of Herbs 2
Transplanting Board and Dibble 5
Assortment of Favorite Weeders 8
Popular Adjustable Row Marker 10
Popular Spades 13
Lath Screen for Shading Beds 16
Harvesting Thyme Grown on a Commercial Scale 18
Garden Hoes of Various Styles 20
Dried Herbs in Paper and Tin 22
Herb Solution Bottle 24
Paper Sacks of Dried Herbs for Home Use 26
Hand Cultivator and Scarifier 27
Flat of Seedlings Ready to Be Transplanted 32
Glass Covered Propagating Box 34
Flower Pot Propagating Bed 35
Holt's Mammoth and Common Sage 38
Marker for Hotbeds and Cold Frames 39
Leading Forms of Trowels 40
Wooden Dibbles 43
Combination Hand Plow 45
Surface Paring Cultivator 47
Thinning Scheme for Harvesting 48
Center Row Hand Cultivator 50
Hand Plow 52
Prophecy of Many Toothsome Dishes 56
Anise in Flower and in Fruit 60
Sweet Basil 66
Borage, Famous for "Cool Tankard" 70
Caraway for Comfits and Birthday Cakes 74
Catnip, Pussy's Delight 78
Coriander, for Old-Fashioned Candies 82
Dill, of Pickle Fame 86
Sweet Fennel 90
Sweet Marjoram 102
Mint, Best Friend of Roast Lamb 106
Curled Parsley 110
Rue, Sour Herb of Grace 124
Sage, The Leading Herb for Duck and Goose Dressing 126
Holt's Mammoth and Common Sage Leaves 129
Dainty Summer Savory 130
Tarragon, French Chef's Delight 135
Thyme for Sausage 137
CULINARY HERBS
In these days of jaded appetites, condiments and canned goods, how fondly we turn from the dreary monotony of the "dainty" menu to the memory of the satisfying dishes of our mothers! What made us, like Oliver Twist, ask for more? Were those flavors real, or was it association and natural, youthful hunger that enticed us? Can we ever forget them; or, what is more practical, can we again realize them? We may find the secret and the answer in mother's garden. Let's peep in.
The garden, as in memory we view it, is not remarkable except for its neatness and perhaps the mixing of flowers, fruits and vegetables as we never see them jumbled on the table. Strawberries and onions, carrots and currants, potatoes and poppies, apples and sweet corn and many other as strange