The Kitchen Garden. 



Virginia Parfley is in his leafe altogether like vnto common Parfley for the forme, 

 confifting of three leaues fet together, but that the leaues are as large as Smallage 

 leaues, but of a pale or whitifh greene colour, and of the fame tafte of our common 

 Parfley : the feede hereof is as the leaues, twice if not thrice as bigge as the ordinary 

 Parfley, and perifheth when it hath giuen feede, abiding vfually the firft yeare of the 

 fowing. 



Smallage is in forme fomewhat like vnto Parfley, but greater and greener, and lefle 

 pleafant, or rather more bitter in tafte : the feede is fmaller, and the root more ftringy. 



The Vfe of Parfley. 



Parfley is much vfed in all forts of meates, both boyled, roafted, fryed, 

 ftewed, &c. and being greene it ferueth to lay vpon fundry meates, as 

 alfo to draw meate. withall. It is alfo fhred and flopped into poudered 

 beefe, as alfo into legges of Mutton, with a little beefe fuet among it, &c. 



The rootes are often vfed to be put into broth, to helpe to open obftru- 

 6tions of the liuer, reines, and other parts, helping much to procure vrine. 



The rootes likewife boyled or ftewed with a legge of Mutton, flopped 

 with Parfley as aforefaid, is very good meate, and of very good rellifh, as I 

 haue proued by the tafte; but the rootes muft bee young, and of the firft 

 yeares growth, and they will haue their operation to caufe vrine. 



The feed alfo is vfed for the fame caufe, when any are troubled with the 

 ftone, or grauell, to open the paflages of vrine. 



Although Smallage groweth in many places wilde in moift grounds, yet 

 it is alfo much planted in Gardens, and although his euill tafte and fauour 

 doth caufe it not to be accepted into meates as Parfley, yet it is not without 

 many fpeciall good properties, both for outward and inward difeafes, to 

 helpe to open obftruclions, and prouoke vrine. The iuyce cleanfeth vlcers ; 

 and the leaues boyled with Hogs greafe, healeth felons on the ioynts of the 

 fingers. 



CHAP. XXI 1 1 1. 

 Feeniculum. Fenell. 



THere are three forts of Fenell, whereof two are fweete. The one of them is 

 the ordinary fweete Fenell, whofe feedes are larger and yellower then the 

 common, and which (as I faid before in the Chapter of fweete Parfley) doth 

 foone degenerate in this our Country into the common. The other fweete Fenell is 

 not much knowne, and called Cardus Fenell by thofe that fent it out of Italy, whofe 

 leaues are more thicke and bufhie then any of the other. Our common Fenell, whereof 

 there is greene and red, hath many faire and large fpread leaues, finely cut and diuided 

 into many fmall, long, greene, or reddifh leaues, yet the thicker tufted the branches 

 be, the fhorter are the leaues : the ftalkes are round, with diuers ioynts and leaues at 

 them, growing fiue or fix foot high, bearing at the top many fpoakie rundels of yellow 

 flowers; the Common, I meane, doth turne into a darke grayifh flat feede, and the 

 Sweete into larger and yellower: the roote is great, long, and white, and endureth 

 diuers yeares. 



The Vfe of Fenell. 



Fenell is of great vfe to trimme vp, and ftrowe vpon fifli, as alfo to boyle 

 or put among fifh of diuers forts, Cowcumbers pickled, and other fruits, 6cc. 

 The rootes are vfed with Parfley rootes, to be boyled in broths and drinkes 

 to open obftruclions. The feed is of much vfe with other things to expell 

 winde. The feede alfo is much vfed to be put into Pippin pies, and diuers 



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