FENNEL. 



Ill 



tie them. The blanching is completed at different 

 times, according as the weather is hot, dry, or cold, 

 sometimes in one, two, or three weeks ; but generally 

 the latter. This esculent is also occasionally blanched 

 by setting up on each side of the plants, flat tiles 

 or bricks, which, resting against each other, in an 

 angular form, and covered with earth, exclude the 

 light. It may also be blanched under garden-pots, 

 in the manner of sea-kail. 



In the summer and autumn tying up is best, but 

 in cold or wet weather the latter method may be 

 practised ; which, by covering the plants, preserves 

 while it blanches them. 



21. FENNEL. ANETHUM. 



Fennel, Anethum, Fceniculum ; the latter name 

 is the original, but Linnaeus, in his system of botany, 

 annexed the genus Fceniculum to that of Anethum 

 (Common Dill). 



Anethum is derived from the Greek word, to run 

 up quick or straight, and foeniculum, from the sup- 

 posed resemblance of the plant, when withered and 

 dried, to hay. It is a native of Germany, Spain, 

 Italy, and many other places. It has sown itself in 

 many parts, and appears like a native in England, 

 being enumerated as such by many botanists. It 

 may be seen growing wild on the banks of the river 

 Adur, between Brighton and Worthing ; about 

 Gravesend, and other parts of Kent ; in Sussex, 

 Cambridgeshire, and commonly on the western 

 coasts. 



The tender stalks of fennel are used in salads ; 



