SECT. XVI. OF HERBS, &C. 265 



forward on another till June, when (about the middle) 

 they may be planted in open ground, about half a 

 yard asunder. See Lists of annuals. 



CARAWAY seeds are chiefly medicinal ; but being 

 used in making cakes, a few plants may have place in 

 the garden. Sow in spring, in a moist rich soil, and 

 thin them six inches square. 



CARDUUS BENEDICTUS, is simply medicinal, and 

 5s of good repute. Sow it in autumn, either in drills, 

 or broad cast, and thin the plants to nine inches dis- 

 tance. It is annual, and must be cut down to the 

 root for drying, just as it gets into flower. 



CHERVIL is used in sallads, and is also a pot- 

 herb that was formerly in much estimation for its 

 warm taste. Sow it thick in autumn for winter and 

 spring use. When sown in spring, or summer, it 

 runs quickly to flower. The seed must be slightly 

 covered, and the leaves gathered for use young, cut- 

 ting it down like parsley, (which it resembles) it 

 springs again. 



GIVES are small bulbs, and a sort of mild peren- 

 nial onion, the leaves of which are cut for sallads, 

 and culinary purposes, at the spring, before onions 

 come in. As the bulb* increase fast, some of them 

 may be slipped from the rooted clusters, and used as 

 onions. They are propagated in autumn, or early in 

 the spring, by planting five or six of the little bulbs 

 in a hole, an inch deep, and eight asunder. A bed 

 of them lasts three or four years, when plant again. 



CLARY (the common garden) ranks, as a medici- 

 nal herb, but it is used also in soups, and is very 

 odorous ; but unpleasantly so to many. Sow it in 

 spring, and when two or three inches high, prick the 

 plants out fifteen or eighteen inches or thin them to 

 this, distance. Its flowers are used for a made-wine : 

 It is biennial. There are sorts of this plant culti- 

 vated for ornament. See List of biennials. 

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