herbs

• Characteristic herbs are the sweet-scented Viola patrinii, the slender milkwort; Polygala Abyssinica, a handsome pea, Vigna vexillata, a borage, Trichodesma Indicum, a balsam, Impatiens balsamina, familiar in English gardens, the beautiful delicate little blue Evolvulus alsinoides, the showy purple convolvulus, Ipomaea hederacea, and a curious lily, Gloriosa superba Illustration: Fig. —  The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir
• At least a third of it was given to herbs, and even the touch of a skirt in passing would brush out fragrance from it. —  Country Neighbors
• When the enemy could get to close quarters with the common folk they found them no easier to handle; for as some of Henry of Navarre's soldiers were foraging in a garden for herbs, the gardeners rushed out and "killed them with large stones." —  The Story of Rouen
• Place in a hot oven for ten minutes and serve 23.--Veal Rissoles Mince a few slices of cold veal fine and the same quantity of ham or bacon; add one tablespoonful of minced parsley and one of herbs, a very little nutmeg, cayenne and salt. —  365 Luncheon Dishes A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year
• It is the shrew who succeeds in giving the males dependent on her stalled oxen and such like dainties to eat The caressing wife and the sweet-tempered cook accomplish no more than dinners of herbs, and generally even they are not particularly appetising. —  The Northern Iron

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