72 ANGELICA. COW PARSNEP. CARROT. 



ulum; Parsley, A'pium Petroseli'num; and celery, 

 A'pium grave'olens ; most of which you are ac- 

 quainted with, are all umbelliferous plants, and 

 grow wild in England. 



EDWARD. 



Do Carrots grow wild in the fields ? 



MOTHER. 



The garden carrot is nothing more than the wild 

 carrot or Bird's-nest, but so much improved by 

 cultivation that^ou would hardly suppose them to 

 be the same. A comparison of this plant in the 

 wild and cultivated state affords a good illustration 

 of the effect of culture, which sometimes renders 

 useless weeds most serviceable vegetables. The 

 roots of the garden carrot are very nourishing; 

 and at the Cape of Good Hope the Dutch planters 

 cultivate large fields of it, as food for their cattle. 



Angelica grows very abundantly in Greenland, 

 where the inhabitants consider the inner part of its 

 root and stalk as a great delicacy. Like many 

 other eatable plants, it has a much better flavour in 

 cold climates than in warmer countries. Some of 

 the gardeners near London propagate great quan- 

 tities of this plant, which they sell to the confec- 

 tioners who make a sweetmeat of the tender stalks. 



In Poland, the poor people make a fermented 

 drink, which they use instead of ale, from the 



