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sown annually, but if it is never per- 1 Time and Mode of Sowing. — Sow at 

 mitted to run to seed, the stalks being ! monthly intervals from February until 

 cut down as often as they rise, it will ! the middle of June. Sow thinly in drills 

 last for several years. It may be sown ' nine inches apart. The plants appear 

 from the close of February until the in about a month after sowin", and 

 middle of June, and this is repeated when of tolerable growth, require to be 

 about the middle of September, for thinned to nine inches asunder, and 

 the supply of winter and spring; but cleared from weeds, either by hand or 

 this is unnecessary if the plants are the hoe ; which latter operation, being 

 not allowed to seed. The seed is to performed as often as weeds appear, ia 

 be inserted moderately thick, in narrow the only cultivation required. Hy the 

 drills barely an inch deep, twelve inches I end of July, or during August, the 

 apart if in a bed by itself, or in a single ' earliest sowings will have acquired a 

 one round the edge of a bed ; the mould sufficient size for occasional use; but 

 being raked level, and the stones im- j the roots seldom attain their full growth 



mediately over the seed gathered off. 

 The plants make their appearance in 

 from two to six weeks. When two or 

 three inches high, they may be gathered 

 from as required. In early June, when 

 they make a show for seed, the stems 

 should be cut down close to the bottom, 

 and again in September, if they have 

 acquired a straggling rank growth ; this 

 cause them to shoot afresh, and 



until Michaelmas; and the latest crops 

 not until the following year. On the 

 arrival of frost, some of them must be 

 taken up; and after the removal of the 

 superfluous fibres, decayed leaves, &c., 

 buried in sand, in a dry situation under 

 cover. 



To save Sefd. — Some plants must be 

 left where grown, and allowed to run 

 in May. Their produce will ripen in 



acquire a strong growth before the j July or August, when it must be cut. 



arrival of severe weather. On the ap- 

 proach of frost, if protection is atlorded 

 to the plants by means of haulm or reed 

 panels, so supported as not to touch 

 them ; it will preserve them in a much 

 better state for use in winter and spring 



dried, beat out, and stored. 



PARSLEY-PIKRT. Erica aphanes. 



PARSNIP. Pastinaca sativa. 



Soil and Situation. — The soil in 

 which the parsnip succeeds best, is a 

 rich dry sandy loam, and the deepe 



But a still more effectual plan is to take the better. The most inimical to it is 

 up some of the strongest and best curled ! gravel or clay. It is always beiieficiaL 

 plants in September, and to plant them { to trench the ground two spades deep, 

 in pots, two or three plants in each, j a little manure being turned in with the 

 using a rich soil. If these be placed in j bottom spit. 



a forcing house and abundance of li()uid I In the isle of Guernsey, which has 

 manure given, they will be very siipe- I long been celebrated for the fineness of 

 riorly productive throughout the winter, its parsnips, sea-weed is the manure 

 To obtain Seed. — Nothing more is chiefly employed. 



necessary than to allow some of the 

 plants to run up in June; they should 

 not, however, be allowed to stand 

 nearer than eighteen inches to each 

 other. The seed ripens in early autumn, 

 and when perfectly dry, may be beaten 



Of excrementitious manure that of 

 pigeons is the best. Decayed leaves 

 are also very favourable to its growth. 

 The situation cannot be too open. 



Time and Mode of Sowing. — The 

 usual time for sowing is fi-om the end 



out and stored. Soot is an excellent of February to the beginning of April, 



manure for parsley, and preserves it 

 from root-canker, the only disease af- 

 fecting it. 



PARSLEY (Hamburgh). Petroseli- 

 num sativum, var. latifolium. 



Use. — This esculent is known by the 



but the earlier the better. It has heen 

 recommended in field cultivation to 

 sow them in September ; in the garden, 

 when sown at this season, they also 

 attain a finer size, but many of them 

 run to seed. In the isle of Guernsey 



name broad-leaved and /arg-e-roo<ei ' they regulate their time of sowing, ac^ 

 Parsley. It is cultivated for its root, ! cording to the soil ; in the most favour- 

 which attains the size of a middling ; able soils they sow in January, or if the 

 parsnip, boiling exceedingly tender and ! soil is wet or stiff, they do not insert 

 palatable. It is eaten both as a sauce ! the seed until the latter end of March. 



to flesh meat, and in soups, &c. 



Sow in drills ten inches apart, and 



