The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-03-01
Pot and savory Herbs.
Money in the Garden for Women
and Girls.

Money in the Garden for Women
and Girls.
vicks Magazine for February.
There is one way for women fond
of gardening to earn a supply OF
spending money in an easy way. 1t
is by raising herbs for druggists and
market men; the latter will take
most of them while green, a regular
supply being delivered every second
day. It is light work after the
planting has been accomplished, and
some of the roots being perennial,
they do without replacing for several
years. Lavender, sage, thyme, mint
and hoarhound are among the peren.
malls. Sage and parsley are most
commonly planted, but thyme, mint,
hoarhound, maljoram, summer saw
ory and lavender are as easily raised
and pay fully as we'll. When raising
them for market men, make your ar
rangements with them early in the
season, agreeing to furnish so much
per week of the green herbs, in
bulk or tied in punches, as bic busi-
ness requires. The balance not used
in this way be dried and the dried
product can be readily sold to drug
gists.
During the summer, parsley, mar
joram, mint, sage and thyme are
freely used in large markets, parsley,
summer sayory, and thyme being
sent out with soup pieces, mint with
lamb, and the sage is used for
seasoning chopped meats. Leaves
for decorating can, also, often
be sold to these men, Swiss Chard
and the variegated beet being eepec-
tally valuable for such work.
When drying the herbs, pick the
young tender shoots before the plants
show signs of blossomipg, dry day
being best for the work. They
should be we'll shaken to remove the
dirt, and then spread on papers to
dry, the color being better if dried
in room where there is no sunlight
and no currents Of air. The mass
should be turned every day, will be
dry in few days; the herbs can
then be put up in paper bags and
hung in cry place. 1t is we'll not
to sell too e~lly, as if it is offered be
fore the bulk of the new crop is in
the market it will be called last
years. Most Of these common herbs
are very hardy, lavender being the
least hardy of any of those mention
ed. It can be protected in the fall,
however, so that many Of the plants
will live over winter.
It is good idea with any Of the
perennials to SOW few new seeds
each spring, to take the place OF the
plants that winter kill, and to keep a
new stock always coming on. They
transplant easily and it is always
better to root out an old, slow grow
ing plant and replace it with new
one. The herbs can be cut several
times during the season, and if prop
erly cut, the last crop will be as
good as the first.
My plan is this:-as soon as the
plants have grown new shoots in the
spring to the height Of three inches,
1 cut off all the large leaves and new
shoots, then allow them to grow
again, cutting as before. This is
kept up during the whole season,
care being exercised not to cut any
hard, woody stems, but just the
large leaves and tender stems. The
herbs require rich soil to do we'll,
and the hoe or rake must be used
often, to keep the ground stirred
around the roots of the plants. II
the hose can be turned on every
night during the hot, dry summer,
the plants will quickly pay for the
extra attention, but mine have never
had any water except the rain that
falls on them. There is some differ
ence in the seed to be procured when
planting these herbs, and one should
always get the best. The broad
leayel thsme is the best variety of
that plant, and the mammoth leavel
sage will be found the best of it's
class.
Ramon's Pepsin Chill Tonic contains
Amorphous Qninlne to neutralize and de-
stroy the parasite in the blood: Pure Iron
to enrich and tone up the blood, and Pure
Soluble Pepsln to digest every dose given.
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