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vered \vith fine mould. Let it be sown (on an ave- 

 rage) one a week, and cut young* If that which is 

 sown in open ground, at an early season, be covered 

 with a mat, it will forward the germination. The 

 American cress is much like water cress, only more 

 bitter. It answers well as a winter and early spring 

 Ballad, being sown in August, at broad cast, or rather 

 thin in drills. The plants being cut, or the outside 

 leaves pulled off, shoot again. 



DILL is a very stomachic herb, whose leaves and 

 seed vessels are put among vegetable pickles, parti- 

 cularly cucumbers, to heighten their relish. The 

 stem, leaves, and seed, are also used in medicine ; the 

 leaves sometimes in soups and sauces. Sow it either 

 in autumn, or early in spring, at broad cast, or in 

 drills, a foot asunder, thinning the plants to about 

 eight inches. It sheds seed freely, and comes up at 

 spring. 



FENNEL (the common sort) is an hardy perennial 

 herb, of the same family as dill, the uses of which 

 are well known. It may be sown either in spring, 

 or autumn, and the plants ought to be kept near half 

 a yard asunder ; or it may be propagated by slips 

 from the roots of old plants. It should be constantly 

 cut down to prevent seeding, which would cover the 

 ground in a troublesome degree. Sweet fennel is an 

 annual, cultivated for its seeds in medicine. 



FINOCHIQ is a sort of dwarf fennel, very aroma- 

 tic ; the bottom of the thick stalks of which, being 

 earthed up about three weeks, when nearly full 

 grown,' five or six inches to blanch, are used in soups 

 and sallads, or sliced, and eat alone with oil, vinegar, 

 &c. Sow it thick in March, in drills, about two 

 feet asunder, and repeat the sowing every month till 

 Mid- July, as it presently runs to seed. Thin the 

 plants to seven or eight inches. It likes a dry soil 

 In a warm situation some may be sown in February ; 



