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PEA 



from weeds ; which may be done either by hand 

 or small-hoeing; but the latter is preferable tor 

 the benefit of the crop, and consideral)ly the 

 most expeditiou.-i : it should generally be per- 

 formed bv a three- or four-inch hoe. Dry wea- 

 ther should be chosen for the purpose, and the 

 plants cut out to about ten or twelve inches di- 

 stance, as they should have large room, cutting 

 up all weeds as the work proceeds. After 

 this, no more culture is required till the future 

 progress of the weeds renders another hoeing 

 necessary; and probably another repetition may 

 also be required, till the plants are m full leaf, 

 when they cover the ground, and bid defiance 

 to any furtlier interruption from weeds. 



In the autumn, about October, the roots will 

 be arrived nearly at their full growth ; when the 

 leaves begin to tnrn yellow and decay, which is 

 a certain sign of their maturity: they may then 

 be dug up for use, as they are wanted. 



These roots may either remain in the ground 

 all winter, and be taken up as wanted, or a 

 quantity may be dug up in autunm, and their 

 tops pared off close, and then buried all winter 

 in sand, in a shed or other dry place, to be 

 ready at all times for use : some should also be 

 left ni the ground for spring service, as January 

 or the beginning of February, digijing them up 

 just before they begin to shoot, and laying them 

 in the sand ; as by taking them up at this time, 

 it retards their effort for shooting, so as that 

 they continue in tolerable perfection until the 

 latter end of April or longer. 



In order to have parsneps in due perfection, 

 great care is necessary to save seed only from 

 some of the finest rooted plants ; for which pur- 

 pose, a quantity of the large, long, straight 

 roots should be selected, trimming off their 

 leaves, and planting them in rows three feet 

 asunder, and two dist^int in the lines, about an 

 inch deep over their top ; in uhieh method they 

 will shoot up strong in spring for flowering, and 

 ripen seed ni the latter end of August, or early 

 in September ; \\ hen in a dry day, the umbels 

 of seed shoidd be cut off and spread upon mais 

 to dry and harden, afterwards thrashing out the 

 seeds, and putting them up in bags for use. 



The second sort may be raised, by sowing the 

 seed in the places where the plants are to remain, 

 at the same season as the above ; keeping the 

 plants afterwards propeily thmued and clear 

 from weeds. 



The first is an useful esculent root, that con- 

 tains a large proportion of nutritious matter; 

 but the latter is chiefly cultivated for affording 

 variety in the borders or other parts of pleasure- 

 groimds. 



PEA. See Pi sum. 



PEA, EVERLASTING. See Lathyros. 



PEA, HEART. See Caudiospermum. 



PEA, PIGEON. SeeCvTisns. 



PEA, SWEET. See Lathyrus. 



PEA, WING. See Lotus. 



PEACH TREE. See Amvgdalus. 



PEAR TREK. See Pyrus. 



PELARGONIUM, a genus containing plants 

 of the fine shrubby under shrubby evergreen 

 and herbaceous perennial kinds for the green- 

 house. 



It belongs to the class and order Monadelphia 

 Heptimdria, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Grubiales. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianthium, five-parted : segments ovate, 

 acute, concave, permanent, upper segment end- 

 ing in a capillary nectariferous tube, deeurrent 

 along the peduncle : the corolla has five petals, 

 obeordateorovate, spreadnig, large, irregular : the 

 stamina have ten awl-shaped filaments, united at 

 the base, spreading at top, unequal in kngih, all 

 shorter than the corolla, three of them (seldom 

 five) castrated : anthers seven, oblong, versatile: 

 the pistillum is a five-cornered germ, beaked : 

 style awl-shaped, longer than the stamens, per- 

 manent : stigmas five, reflex: the pericarpnnn is 

 a five-grained capsule, beaked, the cells opening 

 inwards : the beak spiral, bearded on tlie in- 

 side: the seeds solitary, ovate-oblon >■. 



The species cultivated are: 1. P. alchemil- 

 loides, Lady's-mantle-leaved Crane's-bill ; 2. 

 P. odorntissimum, Sweet-scented Crane's-bill ; 

 3. P. grossularioide^. Gooseberry-leaved Crane's- 

 bill ; 4. P. coria/idiifoliu/ii; Coriander- leaved 

 Crane's-bill; 5. P. carnosum. Fleshy-stalked 

 Crane's-bill; 6. P. ceiatoplujllum, Horn-leaved 

 Crane's-bill ; 7. P. gibbosiim, Goutv Crane's- 

 bill ; 8. P. radula, Multifid leaved Crane's-bill ; 



9. P. papilkmaceum, Butterfly Crane's-bill ; 



10. P. inqiihians. Scarlet-flowered Crane's-bill; 



11. P. zonale, Common Horse-shoe Crane's- 

 bill ; 12. P. himlor, Two-coloured Crane's- 

 bill; ]3. P. f^/j/o/wm. Balm-scented Crane's- 

 bill; 14. P. capifalum. Rose-scented Crane's- 

 bill; 15. P. o/z/i/ftoii^m, Clammy Crane's-bill; 

 16. P. cuaillatitm, Hooded Crane's-bill ; 17. 

 P. corda/.um, Heart-leaved Crane's-bill; 18. P. 

 eckinatinn, Priekiy-stalked-Crane's-bill ; 19. P. 

 tetragoniim. Square-stalked Crane's-bill ; £0. 

 P. LeluUnum, Birch-lcaved Crane's-bill; .M . P. 

 glaticiim, Spear-leaved Crane's-bill ; \l'-2. P. 

 acctosum, Sorrel Crane's-bill; 23. P. scubrum. 

 Rough-leaved Crane's-bill ; 24. P. ternatum, 

 Ternate Crane's-bill; 25. P. tricolor. Three- 

 coloured Crane's-bill. 



The first sends out several herbaceous stalks 

 about a foot and half in length. The flowers are 



