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Dig one or more beds for each of the above, in an open situation. 

 Sow the seed either in shallow drills, six inches distant, and earthed 

 over half an inch, or sow on the surface, covered from the alleys, 

 and the beds then raked; they are all to remain where sown, and 

 the plants thinned in May to from four to six inches distant. 



Large rooted Parsley. 



Sow the seeds of Hamburg, or large rooted parsley; this is cul- 

 tivated for its large parsnep-like root: let the seeds be sown in an 

 open situation, either in shallow drills, or on the surface, and raked 

 in evenly; when the plants are two or three inches in growth, they 

 must be thinned to six inches distant, that the roots may have 

 room to swell. 



Skirrets. 



Skirret seed may be sown tolerably thin, on beds of good earth 

 and raked in, or they maybe propagated by parting their roots, and 

 planting them at six or eight inches distant. The fleshy tubers 

 of these roots are considered very delicious. 



Solving Parsley. 



Parsley seed may be sown in a single drill along the edge of the 

 quarters or borders of the garden; it will make a useful and also a 

 neat edging, if not suffered to grow rank, especially the curled 

 parsley; or if large supplies are wanted for market, it may be sown 

 in continued rows nine inches asunder, or upon the general surface, 

 trod down and raked in. 



Sowing Chervil and Coriander. 



Sow chervil and coriander for soups and salads, &c; draw shal- 

 low drills for these seeds eight or nine inches asunder: sow each 

 sort separate, and cover them about half an inch deep with earth. 



These herbs are all to remain where sown, and the chief culture 

 they require is to be kept clear from weeds; but as the plants soon 

 run up for seed, you should sow a small portion every month. 



Crambe Marilima, or Sea Kale. 



The Crambe marilima, or Sea Kale, being yet very little known 

 in the United States, though a most excellent garden vegetable, 

 and highly deserving of cultivation, it may be of importance to the 

 community to give some account of this plant, and the most ap- 

 proved methods of cultivating it. 



This plant is found growing spontaneously, though locally, on 

 the sea shore of the southern parts of England, as well as in simi- 

 lar places in many other parte of Europe. 



It is of tin- same natural cla-> as the cabbage, but differs from it 

 and most of the Tetradvnamus plants of LlNKfiDS, in having a round 



