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An Herb Garden in Your Window

   If you plan to use herbs for culinary purposes, be careful with pest control measures. Rotenone, pyrethrum, and meth-oxychlor are safest; avoid DDT, dieldrin, chlordane, lead arse-nate, lindane, malathion, and nicotine sulfate.

A SELECTION OF HERBS TO GROW INDOORS
NAME GROWTH HOW AND CULTURE
 
A Ilium Upright Buy small This bulbous herb is more
schoenoprasum hardy clump at easily grown indoors than
(chives) perennial. grocery most of the others. Provide
store any some sun, warmth, and
time, or moisture; clip and use
obtain by mail
as desired.
  HABIT WHEN  
  AND LIFE SPAN TO START  
Anethum Upright Plant seeds Provide sunlight, a cool to
graveolens annual. in late warm temp., and moisture.
(dill)   summer or Clip and use leaves as de-
    early fall sired. Discard plants at end
    indoors. of one season.
Anise (see Pimpinella anisum)
Anthemis nobilis Upright Buy young Provide sunlight, moisture,
(chamomile) hardy plant in late and a cool to moderate temp.
  perennial. summer, or A medicinal herb.
    pot one from  
    the garden.  
Anthriscus Upright Plant seeds Same as anethum.
cerefohum annual. in pots  
(chervil)   indoors  
    where they  
    are to grow  
    in early fall.  
Basil, Sweet (see Ocimum basilicum)
Bay, Sweet (see Laurus nobilis)    
Borage (see Borago qfficinalis)
Borago qfficinalis Upright Same as Provide full sun, a cool to
(borage) annual. anthriscus. warm temp., and moisture.
      Nice for baskets or pots;
      plant several seeds to a pot,
      thin to two or three. Discard
      at end of one season.
Brassica hirta Upright Sow seeds in Provide sunlight, cool to
(white annual. darkness, warm temp., and moisture.
mustard)   warmth, and Use leaves as desired; dis-
    moisture at card when plants are no
    any time. longer productive.