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The sheath at the base of the petiole was one and 

 a half inch long, the first pair of leaflets being 

 four inches above it. 



The leaf of the " Student " is two feet long ; 

 the first pair of leaflets several inches above the 

 sheath. They are oblong, about two inches 

 across at the basal part, and four and a half 

 inches in length, and smooth. 



There are considerable differences between the 

 above and the leaf of the old type of parsnip 

 grown in the middle of the lasl century. The 

 sheath of the leaf of this was very large, and 

 reached up to the first pair of leaflets. These 

 are much broader at the base, making them 

 more oval, the lower ones being live inches long, 

 the whole length of the petiole being about 

 sixteen inches. Lastly, the serrations are coarser 

 than those of the " Student," which imitates the 

 wild plant more closely. 



As a vegetable in the sixteenth century, Gerard 

 observes : " The Parsneps nourish more than 

 do the Turneps or the Carrots, and the nourish- 

 ment is somewhat thicker, but not faultie nor 

 bad. . . . There is a good and pleasant foode 

 or bread made of the rootes of Parsneps, as my 

 friend Master Plat hath set foorth in his booke 

 of experiments, which I have made no triall of, 

 nor meane to do." 



In 1730 Tournefort tells us that in his day 

 " t hey are commonly boiled and eaten with butter 

 in the time of Lent ; for t hat t hey are the sweetest, 

 by reason the juice has been concocted during 

 the winter, and are desired at that season 



especially, both for their agreeable Taste and their 

 wholesomeness. For they are not so good in any 

 respect, till they have been first nipt with Cold. 

 It is likewise pretty common of late to eat them 

 with Salt-Fish mixed with hard-boiled Eggs and 

 Butter . . • and much the wholesomer if you 

 eat it with Mustard." — From The Origin and 

 History of Our Harden Vegetables- 



Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland, 



THE monthly meeting of the council was held at 

 the offices, r> .Molesworth Street, Dubin, on the 

 9th ult., Mr. E. D'Olier presiding. The balance 

 sheet of the spring show was submitted and 

 approved and accounts relative to same with the 

 cash prizes ordered for payment. The following 

 were elected members of the Society, viz.: 

 Dr. Augustine Henry, M.A., Professor of Forestry, 

 Royal College of Science, Dublin ; Mrs. Scott- 

 Moore, Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare ; Miss Totten- 

 ham. Yevav, Hallybrack, Co. Dublin : Mrs. II. R. 

 Gibbings, Ballybrack House, Killiney : Miss 

 Cunningham, Trinity Hall, Upper Rathmines ; 

 Major Sterne, Bective House, Navan, Meath ; 

 Mr. E , Devine (practical), Montrose Gardens, 

 Donnybrook. A vote of thanks was accorded to 

 Messrs. ('has. Ramsay & Sons for specimens of 

 the line Marguerite Daisy, Mrs. F. Sanders, and 

 Zonal Pelargonium Maxime Kovalevsky sent to 

 the meeting from the Royal Nurseries, Balls- 

 bridge. The next monthly meeting of the council 

 will take place on the 13th inst. 



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