P A 



j'..ftly be difapprov'd by which the 

 Noblenefs of" the View is marred 

 at the immediate Entrance into the 

 Garden, the Angle ot' Light being 

 broken and confufed. 



The making of Parterres too 

 large, caufes a great Expence, and 

 at the fame time occalions a Di- 

 minution of Wood, which is con- 

 fequently the moft valuable Part of 

 a Garden. 



There fliould be a Terrafs Walk 

 on each Side the Parterre, for an 

 Elevation proper for View; and 

 therefore there fliould never be 

 the Flat of a Parterre between 

 Terrafs Walk and Terrafs Walk a- 

 bove three hundred Feetj nor can 

 it well be made lefs than an hun- 

 dred and forty ^ and then the 

 Length, at twice and a half the 

 Breadth, would be three hundred 

 and fifty Feet, which fome account 

 a handlbme Proportion. 



As to the Adorning and Fur- 

 nil"hing thefe Parterres, whether it 

 be Plain, or with Embroidery, that 

 depends much upon the Form of 

 them, and therefore muff be lefc to 

 the Judgment and Fancy of the De- 

 ligner. 



PASQUE FLOWER} v'nle Pul- 

 fatilla. 



PASSION FLOWER ; ^Ue Gra- 



nadilla. 



PASTINACAi Parfnip. 

 The Characters arej 



It is a Plant -with ro/e ami urn- 

 bellated Flowers, confifiing of many 

 Petals or Leaves placed orbicularly, 

 ami rejling on the Empalement, which 

 turns to a Fruit, composed of two 

 Seeds, which are oval, large, thi?i, 

 border d, and generally cafiing off 

 iher Cover : To thefe Marks mufl be 

 added. That the Leaves are winged 

 find large. 



p A 



The Species are; 



1. V ^sTW^c^ j fatlva, lailfoUn, 

 C. B. P. Garden Parfnip. 



2. P AsriK AC A i fylve^ris, latifolia. 

 C. B. P. Wild Parfnip. 



5. PASTINACA3 fylvejlris, altHfi- 

 ma. Tourn. The tallefl: Wild Parf- 

 nip, or Hercules's All-heaL 



The firfl Sort grov/s wild in di- 

 vers Parts of England, upon the 

 Sides ,pf dry Banks, and is by fome 

 afHrm'd to be no ways different 

 from the fecond Sort, but by Cul- 

 tivation : Which is a very great 

 Miffake ; for I have fown the Seeds 

 of both Sorts in the fame Bed for 

 feveral Years, but could not find 

 that either Sort alter 'd in the lead, 

 the firfl flill retaining the fame 

 Smoothnefs in the Leaf, and the 

 fame pale Colour, and Largenefs of 

 Root i as did the fecond its ufual 

 Roughnefs, dark-green Colour, and 

 flender Roots : Nor do I believe ei- 

 ther Sort will alter, if they were 

 cultivated ever-lb long. 



The Root and Seed of the fe- 

 cond Sort is fometimes ufed in Me- 

 dicine j but it is feldom cultivated 

 in Gardens, the Markets being fup- 

 ply'd from the Fields : yet the 

 Druggiffs commonly fell the Seeds 

 of the Garden Kind for it, which 

 they may purchafe at an eafy Price, 

 when it is too old to grow. 



The firfl Sort is cultivated \n 

 Kitchen-Gardens, the Roots of 

 which are large, fwect, and ac- 

 counted very nourifliing ; They are 

 propagated by Seeds, which fliould 

 be iown in February, or March, in 

 a rich mellow Soil, which mufl 

 be well dug, tliat the Roots may 

 run downward ; their greatefl Ex- 

 cellency being the Length and Big- 

 ncfs of the Roots: Thefe may be 

 fovv^n alone, or with Carrots, as is 

 pradis'd by the Kitchen-Gardeners 



near 



