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alfo been planted near Arbours, 

 where it hath covcr'd them very 

 well toward the latter End ot Sum- 

 mer j but is cut down with the firft 

 Cold of Autumn. 



APIUM i Parlley. 

 The Characlers are i 



The Leazies are (injltled into Wings ^ 

 or grow upon a branched Rib, and are 

 for the mojl part cut into fmall Seg- 

 ments: The Petals of thelFlowers are 

 whole, and equal ^ each Flotver being 

 fucceeded by two gibbous channeled 

 Seeds. 



I. Apium i hortenfe, feu petrofeli- 

 numvulgo. C.B.F. Common Gar- 

 den Pariley. 



1. Ai'iuM; njel petrofelinum, crif 

 fum. C. B.P, The Curl'd Parfley. 



3. Apium i hortenfe, latifolium, 

 maxima, odoratifjlma, fuavi, 0* edu- 

 li radice. Boerh. The large Garden 

 Parfley, with thick fwect eatable 

 Roots. 



4. Apium j Macedonicuw-. C. B. 

 Macedonian Parfley. 



5-. Apium i u^nifum diclum, femi- 

 ne [uei'veoleyui, fnajore. Tourn. Par- 

 fley, with large fweet-fcented Seeds, 

 commonly call'd Anife. 



6. Apium ; palujire, (^ Apium 

 officinarum. C. B. P. Common 

 Smallage, 



7. Apium j dulce, Celeriltalorum. 

 H.R.Far, VideCeleri, 



The fir ft Sort is an Herb £0 well 

 known, that it is needlels to fay 

 much concerning it. The beft Sea- 

 fbn for fowing of it is the Beginning 

 of February 5 for the Seeds remain a 

 long Time in the Ground. It fhould 

 have a moift light Soil, and fhould 

 not be fown too thick i for when 

 the Plants are very clofe to each 6ther, 

 neither the Leaves or Roots ever 

 grow fo lar^e, as when they are al- 

 low'd a proper Space. I have fre- 

 quently obfcrv'd, where Parfley 

 Seeds have been intermix'4 with 



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Onion Seeds, and fown togethcfj and 

 the Plants hough'd out to a reafonable 

 Diftance, that they have grown to a 

 large Size, and one Root has pro- 

 duc'd more Leaves than fifty, when 

 iown in the ordinary Way. 



This Plant is us'd in Medicine un- 

 der the Name of Petrofelinum. 



The Curl'd Parfley is fown in fome 

 curious Gardens for garnifhing Dilh- 

 es i the Leaves, being curioufly fur- 

 below'd, anfwer this Purpofe very 

 well, and the Herb is equally as good 

 for Ufe as the Common, it being 

 only a Variety thereof. In order to 

 have this large and fine, it fliould be 

 fown very thinj or when it firfl 

 comes up, tranfplant it out at the 

 Diftance of four Inches fquare ; by 

 which Management your Leaves 

 will be extremely large and fair j and 

 if you do not fuffer it to feed, will 

 endure three Years very well ,• but if 

 it feeds, it will feldom continue good 

 after. 



The great Garden Parfley is at prc- 

 fent little known to us in England i 

 but in Holland it is very common ia 

 all their Markets i they bring theie 

 Roots in Bunches, as we do young 

 Carrots, to Market in Summer ; 

 and the Roots are much of the fame 

 Sizej it is caWdPetrofelinemrtle by 

 the Dutch, who are very fond ot it. 



It may be cultivated by fowing 

 the Seeds in good Ground early in 

 the Spring J and in April, when the 

 Plants are up, cut them out with a 

 Hoe (as is praftis'd for young Car- 

 rots ) to about four or five Inches 

 fquare, and keep them conftantly 

 clean from Weeds, and in July the 

 Roots will be fit to draw for Ufe, 

 and maybe boil'd and eaten as young 

 Carrots, and are very palatable and 

 wholfome, efpecially for thofe, who 

 are troubled with the Gravel. 



The Macedonian Parfley is a. Stran- 

 ger in our Country, and not to be 

 found. 



