_ANISE_.--Leaves used for garnishing, and for seasoning, like fennel; the seeds are medicinal.
_BALM_.--A hardy perennial. Makes a useful tea and wine for fevers.
_BASIL_, Sweet and Bush.--Half-hardy annuals. The leaves and tops of the shoots, on account of their clove-like flavour, are used for seasoning soups and introduced into salads.
_BORAGE_.--Hardy annual. Used for salads and garnishing, and as an ingredient in cool drinks; excellent also for bees.
_CHAMOMILE_.--A hardy perennial. Flowers used medicinally.
_CARAWAY_.--A biennial. Leaves used in soups, and the seeds in confectionery and medicine.
_CHERVIL_.--An annual. Useful for salads.
_CHIVES_.--Hardy perennial. The young tops used to flavour soups, etc.
_CORIANDER_.--A hardy annual. Cultivated for garnishing.
_DILL_.--A hardy perennial. Leaves used in soups and sauces, also in pickles.
_FENNEL_.--Hardy perennial. Used in salads and in fish sauce, also for garnishing dishes.
_HOREHOUND_.--Hardy perennial. Leaves and young shoots used for making a beverage for coughs.
_HYSSOP_.--Hardy evergreen shrub. Leaves and young shoots used for making tea; also as a pot herb.
_LAVENDER_.--Hardy perennial. Cultivated for its flowers, for the distillation of lavender water, for flavouring sauces, and for medicinal purposes.
_MARIGOLD_, Pot.--Hardy annual. Flowers used in soups.
_MARJORAM_, Sweet or Knotted, and Pot.--Hardy annuals. Aromatic and sweet flavour. Used for stuffings and as a pot herb; leaves dried for winter use.
_RAMPION_.--Hardy perennial. Roots used as a radish; they have a nutty flavour.
_ROSEMARY_.--Hardy ornamental shrub. Sprigs used for garnishing and the leaves in drink.
_RUE_.--Hardy evergreen shrub. Leaves used for medicinal drinks; useful for poultry with croup.
_SAGE_.--Hardy perennial. Decoction of leaves drank as tea; used also for stuffing, meats, and sauces.
_SAVORY_, Summer.--Hardy annual. Used for flavouring soups and salads.
_SAVORY_, Winter.--Hardy evergreen shrub. Its aromatic flavour makes it valuable as a pot herb.
_SCURVY GRASS_.--The small leaves are eaten as watercress.
_SKIRRET_.--Hardy perennial. Sweet, white, and pleasant; the tubers are boiled and served up with butter.
_SORREL_, Broad-Leaved.--Hardy perennial. Imparts an acid flavour to salads and soups.