136 CULTIVATED VEGETABLES. 



as the carrots are sown in the spring, the 

 plants generally come up well: whereas tur- 

 nips are frequently destroyed by the flies at 

 their first coming up, and in dry autumns 

 they are attacked by caterpillars, which in 

 a short time devour whole fields." 



Carrots are generally served to table with 

 boiled meats : they make an excellent soup, 

 and form an agreeable pudding. In some 

 parts of the country they are sent to table 

 with fish of every description. 



Dr. James says, carrots are one of the 

 most considerable culinary roots ; that they 

 strengthen and fatten the body, and are a 

 very proper food for consumptive persons. 

 They are somewhat flatulent, but are 

 thought to render the body soluble, and to 

 contribute to the cure of a cough. 



In the Historia Plant arum, ascribed to 

 Boerhaave, we read that this root is much 

 celebrated for its virtues against the stone, 

 and nephritic disorders. 



The seeds of wild carrots are esteemed 

 one of the most powerful diuretics we are 

 acquainted with, of our own growth. They 

 are given in disorders of the breast and 

 lungs, in pleurisies, in stranguries, and in 



