This section is from the book "Cooking Vegetables. Practical American Cookery", by Jules Arthur Harder. Also available from Amazon: The Physiology Of Taste.
Hysope. Isop..
No. 763. - Hyssop is a hardy perennial plant, having an aromatic flavor and a warm, pungent taste. It is a stimulant and expectorant, and is used in asthma and chronic catarrh. The flowering summits and leaves, when dried, are the parts used for making tea, etc.
No. 764. - Sow them in a dry, sandy soil, and thin them out to eight inches apart.
 
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