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PEA 



from weeds ; which may be clone either by hand 

 or small-hoeing ; but the latter is preferable for 

 the benefit of the crop, and considerably the 

 most expeditious : it should generally be per- 

 formed bv a three- or four-inch hoe. Dry wea- 

 ther should be chosen for the purpose, and the 

 plants cut out to about ten or twelve inches di- 

 stance, as they should have large room, cutting 

 up all weeds as the work proceeds. After 

 this, no more culture is required till the future 

 progress of the weeds renders another hoeing 

 nectssarv ; and probably another repetition may 

 also be required, till the plants are in full leaf, 

 when they cover the ground, and bid defiance 

 to anv further interruption from weeds. 



In the autumn, about October, the roots will 

 be arrived nearly at their full growth ; when the 

 leaves begin to turn yellow and decay, which is 

 a certain sign of their maturity: they may then 

 be dug up for use, as they are wanted. 



These roots may either remain in the ground 

 all winter, and be taken up as wanted, or a 

 quantity may be dug up in autumn, and their 

 tops pared off close, and then buried all winter 

 in sand, in a shed or other dry place, to be 

 ready at all times for use : some should also be 

 left in the ground for spring service, as January 

 or the beginning of February, digging them up 

 just before they begin to shoot, and laying them 

 in the sand ; as bv taking them up at this time, 

 it retards their effort for shooting, so as that 

 they continue in tolerable perfection until the 

 latter end of April or longer. 



In order to have parsneps in due perfection, 

 great care is necessary to save seed only from 

 some of the finest rooted plants ; for which pur- 

 pose, a quantity of the large, long, straight 

 roots should _be selected, trimming off their 

 leaves, and planting them in rows three feet 

 asunder, and two distant in the lines, about an 

 inch deep over their top ; in which method they 

 will shoot up strong in spring for flowering, and 

 ripen seed in the latter end of August, or -early 

 in September ; when in a dry day, the umbels 

 of seed should be cut off ana spread upon mats 

 to dry and harden, afterwards thrashing out the 

 seeds, and putting them up in bags for use. 



The second sort may be raided, by sowing the 

 seed in the places where the plants are to remain, 

 at the same season as the above; keeping the 

 plants afterwards properly thinned and clear 

 from weeds. 



The first is an useful esculent root, that con- 

 tains a large proportion of nutritious matter; 

 but the latter is chiefly cultivated for affording 

 variety in the borders or other parts of pleasure- 

 grounds. 



PEA. See Pisom. 



PEA, EVERLASTING. See Lath tr us. 



PEA, HEART. See Cardiospermum. 



PEA, PIGEON. See Cytisus. 



PEA, SWEET. See Lathyuus. 



PEA, WING. See Lotus. 



PEACH TREE. See Amygdalus. 



PEAR TREE. See Pyrus. 



PELARGONIUM, a genus containing plants 

 of the fine shrubby under shrubby evergreen 

 and herbaceous perennial kinds for the green- 

 house. 



It belongs to the class and order Monadelphia 

 Heptandria, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Gruinaks. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianthium, five-parted : segments ovate, 

 acute, concave, permanent, upper segment end- 

 ing in a capillary nectariferous tube, decurrent 

 along the peduncle : the corolla has five petals, 

 obcordateorovate, spreading, large, irregular: the 

 stamina have ten awl-shaped filaments, united at 

 the base, spreading at top, unequal in length, all 

 shorter than the corolla, three' of them (seldom, 

 five) castrated : anthers seven, oblong, versatile: 

 the pistillum is a five-ycornered germ, beaked : 

 style awl-shaped, longer than the stamens, per- 

 manent : stigmas five, reflex: the pericarpium is 

 a five-grained capsule, beaked, the cells opening 

 inwards : the beak spiral, bearded on the in- 

 side: the seeds solitary, ovate-oblong. 



The species cultivated are: 1. P. alchemil- 

 loides, Ladv's-mantle-leaved Crane's-bill ; 2. 

 P. odoratissimum, Sweet-scented Crane's-bill; 

 3. P. grossularioides, Gooseberry-leaved Crane's- 

 bill ; 4. P. coriandrifolium, Coriander- leaved 

 Crane's-bill; 5. P. carnosum, Fleshy-stalked 

 Crane's-bill; 6. P. ceraiopliyllum, Horn-leaved 

 Crane's-bill ; 7- P. gibbosum, Gouty Crane's- 

 bill ; 8. P. radula, Multifid leaved Crane's-bill ; 



9. P. papilionaceitm, Butterfly Crane's-bill; 



10. P. inquhians, Scarlet-flowered Crane's-bill; 



11. P. zonule, Common Horse-shoe Crane's- 

 bill ; 12. P. bicolor, Two-coloured Crane's- 

 bill; 13. P. vit if (ilium, Balm-scented Crane's- 

 bill; 14. P. capitatum, Rose-scented Crane's- 

 bill; 15. P. gluti/iosum, Clammy Crane's-bill; 

 16. P. cuculliitum, Hooded Crane's-bill ; 17. 

 P. cordatum, Heart-leaved Crane's-bill; 18. P. 

 echhwtum, Prickiv-stalked-Crane's-bill ; 19. P. 

 tctragonum, Square-stalked Crane's-bill; 20. 

 P. letulinum, Birch-leaved Crane's-bill; 21. P. 

 glaucum, Spear-leaved Crane's-bill ; 22. P. 

 acctosum, Sorrel Crane's-bill; 23. P. scabrum, 

 Rough-leaved Crane's-bill ; 24. P. ternatum t 

 Ternate Crane's-bill ; 25. P. tricolor, Three- 

 coloured Crane's-bill. 



The first sends out several herbaceous stalks 

 about a foot and half in length. The flowers are 



