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QUOTATION MANY THANKS INTRODUCTORY COMMENT 1. HERBS IN A SMALL GARDEN DIVERSITY OF DESIGN ADAPTABILITY OF HERBS SUGGESTIONS FOR A FIRST HERB GARDEN PLANT DISEASES?NOT FREQUENT HERBS EASILY GROWN IN A SMALL GARDEN SELECTING CULINARY HERBS FOR INDIVIDUALS GARDENS: Foliage Colors for Creating Designs Blossom Colors for Grouping For Planting in Shady or Partially Shady Places For Planting in Sunny Places For Attracting Honeybees As Hedges and Back Borders As Edges and Low Borders In Rock Gardens As Ground Carpets ILLUSTRATIONS OF HERB GARDEN DESIGNS Traditional Designs Herb Garden in The New York Botanical Garden The Wade Park Herb Garden in Cleveland "Small Culinary Herb Garden in Spokane, Washington" 2. HERBS INDOORS IN A WINDOW BOX 3. DEVELOPING SEEDLINGS FOR EARLY TRANSPLANTING Seedlings in Cold Frames How to Construct a Cold Frame Ventilating the Cold Frame Transplanting Seedlings into the Open Garden Watering the Young Plants 4. CULINARY HERBS ADAPTED TO GROWING IN VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCALITIES "Eastern United States, Canada, England, and the Continent" Middle Western United States Southern United States and Southern Europe Southwestern United States and Mexico Western and Northwestern United States and Canada 5. DRYING HERBS Cutting and Preparing Bunches of Herbs Flower Heads Leaves Petals Roots Seed 6. QUICK-FREEZING AND PRESERVING FRESH HERBS Selecting Herbs for Quick-Freezing Instructions for Quick-Freezing Using Quick-Frozen Herbs Herb Blends Preserving Fresh Herbs in Salt Old-fashioned Recipe for Herb Butter Basic Recipe for Salted-down Herbs 7. FRAGRANT CULINARY HERB LEAVES AND SEED Botanical Names "History, Superstitions, and Legends" Characteristics and Descriptions Uses in Basic Foods How to Cultivate How to Harvest 8. SPICES AND CARAVANS Elephant Bells and Patimars Sources of Spices Botanical Names of Each Spice "History, Superstitions, and Legends" Characteristics and Descriptions Uses in Basic Foods How Each Spice Is Cultivated and Harvested 9. HERB AND SPICE SWEET SCENTS AND SACHETS Culinary Herbs for Fragrant Lotions Culinary Herbs for Spices in Fragrant Moth-Preventive Blends "Herbs and Spices for Sweet Scents, Sachets, and Potpourri Blends" 10. RECIPES FOR HOUSEHOLD USES OF HERBS AND SPICES Sweet Scents and Potpourris Rose Jars Sachet Powders Herb Pillows "Bath Blends, Pomanders, and Lotions" Moth Preventatives 11. FRAGRANT HERBS AND BLOSSOMS DRIED AND PRESERVED IN THREE DIMENSIONS Unique Method of Drying in Three Dimensions Bouquets of Dried Herbs in Three Dimensions Procedure for Three-Dimensional Drying and Preserving Fragrant Herbs Which Retain Their Natural Beauty When Dried in Three Dimensions GLOSSARY Botanical Names of Herbs and Spices Botanical Family Names of Herbs and Spices INDEX