SUCCULENT ROOTS. 



particular merit which they may possess. The skirret 

 is thus occasionally cultivated in the north of Scotland, 

 under the name of crummack. 



Flowers anil Roots of the Skirret. 



This plant is small compared with the carrot and 

 parsnip. It has pinnated leaves, consisting of two or 

 three pair of long dentated leaflets, and terminated 

 by an odd one. The flower-stalk rises to the height 

 of about two feet, breaking out at top into branches, 

 each terminating in an umbel of small white flowers. 

 The root consists of a cluster of fleshy fibres, which 

 are connected together at the crown or head, and in 

 the course of a few years augment to a considerable 



