CULPEPER'S COMPLETE HERBAL

SUMMER, OR GARDEN SAVORY

Description. This savory has small stringy roots from which spring a great many woody branches, eight or nine inches high, a little hairy, and having two long narrow leaves at a joint, narrowest next the stalk. The flowers grow towards the tops in small whorles, of a whitish colour, with a blush of red, galeated and labiated, set in five-pointed calices, containing four small dark brown seeds.

Place. It is sown in Gardens.

Time. It flowers in June. The leaves and tops are used.

There is another species of Savory, which is sometimes used.