This section is from the book "Cooking Vegetables. Practical American Cookery", by Jules Arthur Harder. Also available from Amazon: The Physiology Of Taste.
Plante Medicinal, Aromalique el herbe. Medizinishe Aromatishe, Gru'uter.
No. 13. - Care should be taken to harvest them properly. This should be done on a. dry day just before they come into full bloom. Then dry them and pack closely entirely excluded from the air. They are used for culinary and medicinal purposes. For further information see each under its classification.
No. 14. - Most of the varieties thrive best in rich sandy soil, which should be carefully prepared and well cultivated, as the young plants are for the most part delicate, and are easily choked out by weeds. Sow as early as the ground can be made ready, in drills sixteen inches apart, or they may be planted as a second crop, the seeds sown in beds in April and the plants set out in June.
No. 15. - The following constitutes some of the various varieties of aromatic, medicinal and pot herbs:
Angelica,
Anise,
Balm,
Balm Mint,
Basil Sweet,
Ben,
Borage,
Bugloss,
Carraway,
Chervil,
Chives or "Welch Onion,
Chives,
Cicely Sweet,
Coltsfoot (common),
Couch grass or Wheat grass,
Costmary or Alecost,
Cuckooflower Cress,
Dill,
Elecampane,
Fennel Sweet,
Fennel Flower (field),
Hop,
Horehound,
Lavender,
Licorice,
Mandrake or May Apple,
Marjoram Sweet,
Melilot,
Mint,
Penny Royal,
Picridium (garden),
Poppy or maw,
Purslain,
Rosemary or Rosemarine,
Rue,
Saffron,
Sage,
Samphire (sea),
Savory,
Scallion,
Southerwood,
Tarragon,
Thyme,
Wormwood.
 
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