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fuppcrting t-icG rcpxed Jlyles, crtKvned hy chtufe ftigmas. 

 '^rte germni afleruhti'ii becomes a JrnalU roundiJJj, Jlri- 

 cud fruity dividing in lie 



oo parts-, each having aftngk fced^ 



anvex and furrcxed on one fuie^ and plain en the other. 

 I'his genus of plants is ranged in the fccond feftion 

 of LiiuKCLis's fifth clafs, intitled Pcntandria Digynia, 

 the flower having five ftamina and two ftyles. 

 The Species are, 

 J. Daccl's {Syhejiris) feminibus hifpidis, radicc tcnui- 

 ore fervido. Carrot vjith a prickly feed, and a Jlcnder 

 hot root. Daucus vulgaris. Cluf. Hill. 2. p. 19S. 



Common '-j^ild Carrot, 

 2. Daucus {Carota) feminibus hifpidis, radice carnofo 

 efculento/ Carrot voith a prickly feed., and aflefhy eatable 

 root. Daucus fativus, radice auranciicoloris. Tourn. 



Infl. R. H. 7,0^. 



Daucus {Gingidhim) radiis involucri planis, lacinus 

 recurvis. Prod. Leyd. 97. Carrot -jvith plain rays to the 

 involucrum, and recurved jags, Daucus montanus 

 lucidus. Tourn. Inft. i^oy. Shining maritime Carrot. 

 4. Daucus {Ilifpidus) caule hifpido, fegnientis foliorum 

 latioribus. Carrot with a prickly fialk^ and broader feg- 

 tnents to the leaves, Paftinaca Oenanthes folio. Bocc. 



frofts in autunin. The feeds of tliis fort were fc:- 

 nie from Aleppo, wluch fuccceded very well ; die 

 roots v/ere not io lar^rt; as tholc of the other forts of 

 Carrots, and were of a purple colour, very like rliac 

 of a deep-coloured Radilli •, tiiey were very tender 

 and fweeti the leaves were finer cut than ihofc of 

 tlie common Carrot, and were lefs lufirv. 



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I'he i'econd fort h commonly cultivated in oaniens 

 for the kitchen, and the dilferent varieties oi' it are, 

 in fome places, eileemed, though in London, the O- 

 range Carrot is preferred to all the other. 

 They arc propagated at two or three different feafons, 

 or fometimes oftener, where people are fond of youncr 

 Carrots, whenever they can be procured. Hie firlc 

 feafon for fowing the feeds is foon after Chrillmas, if 

 the weather is open, which fliouid be in warm bor- 

 ders, near w^^lls, pales, or hedges, but they llioulJ 

 not be fown immediately clofe thereto ^ but a border 

 of Lettuce, or otlier voun.o; fallad herbs, of about a 

 foot wide, mould be next tlie wall, &c. for if the 

 Carrots were fown clofe to tlie wall, they would draw 

 up weak, without making any tolerable roots. 

 Thcfe delight in a warm fandy foil which is light, 

 and fhould be dug pretty deep, that the roots may the 



Rar. PI. yS' Pc^^fnepwith a Water Dropwort leaf. 



5. Daucus (Cr^//Vi^j) radiis involucri pinnatifidis, urn- j better run down i for if they meet with any obflruc- 



bellis duplo longioribus, foliolis acutis. Carrot with tion, they are very apt to grow forked, and flioot out 



zving-pointed rays to the involucrum-, which are^ twice the I lateral roots, efpecially w^here the ground is too mucli 



len^nh of the umbel, and acute leaves, paucus tenuifo- 

 lius Creticus, radiis umbellas longroribus. Tourn. Inft. 

 R. H. 308. Narrow-leaved Carrot of Crete^ with rays 

 loyiger than the umbel ' ' *'"•*> 

 6. Daucus [Maurit aniens) feminibus hifpidis, fiofculo 

 centrali fteriri carnofo, receptaculo communi hemif- 



dungcd the fame year that the feeds are fown, which 

 will alfo occafion their being worm-eaten ■, it is there- 

 fore the better method to dung the ground intended 

 for Carrots the year before they are fown, that it 

 may be confumed, and mixed with the earth ; but 

 in fuch places w^here there has not been ground fo 



phasrico. Lin. Sp. 34S. Carrot with hifpid feeds ^ the prepared tlie year before, and there may be a necef- 

 antral flower barren, and the common receptacle hemif fity for dunging it the fame year as the Carrots ar 

 phericaL Daucus Hifpanicus, umbella magna. Tourn. 



Inft. 308. ■ ^ 



7. Daucus {Vifnaga) feminibus nudis. Hort. Cliff. 89. I and in the digging of it into the ground, great cart; 



upon it, and fliould be tifinly fpread over the ground ; 



Carrot having naked feeds. Gingidium umbella oblon- 

 ga. C. B. P. 151. Gingiditunwith an oblong iimbeL 

 8. D Avcv 5 {A^uricat us) feminibus aculeatus. Lin.,Sp. 

 349. Carrot with prickly feeds. Caucalis major Dau- 

 coides Tingitana. Mor. Hift, 3. p. 308. 

 The firft fort is the common wild Carrot, which 

 grows by the fide of fields, and in pafture grounds in 

 many parts of England. Tlie plants of this fort do 

 not differ greatly in appearance from the Garden Car- 

 rot, which has led fome perfons into an opinion of 

 th^ir being the fame plant ^ but thofe who have at- 

 tempted to cultivate the wild fort, are fully convinced 

 of their being diftinft plants. I have tried to culti- 

 vate the wild fort for many years, but could never 

 get the feeds which were fov/n in the ipring to grow, 

 upon which I lowed the feeds in autumn, part of 

 which have come up well; thefe plants I cultivated 

 in the fame manner as the Garden Carrot, but could 

 not improve the roots in the ieaft, for they continued 

 to be fmall, fticky, and of a hot biting tafte ; and 

 this has been always the cafe, wherever the plants 

 have been fown, therefore there can be no doubt of 

 their being diflferent plants. The feeds of this fort 

 are ufed in medicine, and are efteemed good to bring 

 away gravel : it is an excellent diuretic, but inftead 

 of thefe feeds, the (hops are ufually fupplied with old 

 deeds of the Garden Carrot, when they have loft their 

 vegetative quality, then the feedfmen fell them to 

 the druggifts for medicinal ufe ; but certainly all feeds 

 which are too old to grow, can have little virtue re- 

 maining in them. 



There are feveral varieties of the Garden Carrots, 

 which differ in the colour of their roots, and thefe 

 variations may be continued, where there is proper 

 care taken not to mix the different forts together in 

 the fame garden-, but the Orange Carrot is generally 

 efteemed in London, where the yellow and the white 

 Carrots are feldom cultivated. 



The dark red, or purple Carrot, I take to be a dif- 

 tinft fort from either of thefe ; but as it is much ten- 

 derer, I have not had an opportunity of feeing it in the 

 flower^ for tlie roots were all deftroyed by the firft 



Iliould be taken to difpcrfc it all through the ground, 

 and not to bury it in heaps, for that will Itop the 

 roots of the Carrots in their downright growdi, and 

 caufe them to be ftiort and forky. Where the ground 

 is inclinable to bind, there cannot be too much care 

 taken to break and divide the parts ^ therefore in 

 digging the land for Carrots, there fliould never be 

 large fpits taken, but tliey muft be very thin, and the 

 clods well broken ; which, if not attended to by the 

 mafter, is feldom properly performed by workmen, 

 who are too apt to hurry over their work, if they are 

 not well obferved. 



The ground when dug fhould be laid level and even, 

 otherwife when the feeds are fown and the ground is 

 raked over, part of the feeds will be buried too deep, 

 and others will be in danger of being drawn up into 

 heaps f fo the plants will come up in bunches, and 

 other parts of the ground be naked, which fliould al- 

 ways be carefully avoided. • 



The feeds have a great quantity of fmall forked 

 hairs upon their borders, by which they clofely ad- 

 here, fo that they are difficult to fow even, fo as not 

 to come up in patches ■, you fliould therefore rub it 

 well through both hands, whereby the feed will be 

 feparated before it is fown ; then you fliould choofe 

 a calm day to fow it in, for if the wind blows, it will 

 be impoffible to fow it equal, for the feeds being very 

 light, will be blown into heaps. When the feed is 

 fown, you fliould tread the ground pretty clofe with 

 your feet, that it may be buried, and then rake the 



ground level. 



When the plants are come up and have got four 

 leaves, you fliould hoe the ground with a fmall hoe 

 about three inches wide, cutting down all youno; 

 weeds, and feparadngthe plants to four inches diftance 

 each way, that they may get ftrength ; and in about 

 a month or five weeks after, when the weeds beo-in to 



grow again, you fhould hoe the ground overafecond 

 time, in which you fliould be careful not to leave 

 two Carrots clofe to each other, as alfo to feparate 

 them to a greater diftance, cutting down all weeds, 

 and fiightly ilirring the furface of the ground in every 



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