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P. palu'stris (marsh). . July. Britain. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 4 June. N. Araer. 



1920. 



speeio'sa (showy). . July. N. Amer. 



PARO'CHETUS. (From para, near, and 

 ochelos, a brook ; its habitat. Nat. prd., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 

 17-Diadelphia 4-Decandria. Allied to 

 Goodia.) 



Half-hardy, evergreen, Neptulese creepers. 

 Division in spring; cuttings under a hand-light, 

 in summer ; loam and leaf-mould. The protection 

 of a cold pit in winter. 

 P. commu'nis (common). Purple. July. 1820. 



ma'jor (larger). Lilac. June. 1827. 



PARROT-BEAK PLANT. Clia'nthus. 



PARRO'TIA. (Named after M. Parrot. 

 Nat. ord., Witch-Hazels [Hamamelida- 

 ceae]. Linn., 4^-Tetrandria 2-Digynia. 

 Allied to Forthergilla.) 



Greenhouse deciduous shrub. Cuttings of young 

 shoots getting firm, in sand, under a glass, in 

 spring; peat and loam. Should be tried in a 

 greenhouse of a medium temperature. 

 P. Pe'rsica (Persian). 10. Persia. 1848. 



PA'RRYA. (Named after Captain Parry, 

 the arctic navigator. Nat. ord., Cruel- 

 fers [Brassicaceaej. Linn., 16-Tetrady- 

 namia. Allied to Arabis. ) 



Require a greenhouse in winter. Seeds ; com- 

 mon garden-soil. 



P. a'rctica (arctic). . Purple. Melville Island. 

 1820. Annual. 



intege'rrima (very-en tire-leaved). . Rose, 



purple. April. Siberia, 1829. Evergreen. 



PARSLEY. (Petroseli'num sali'vum.) 

 There are two varieties, the Common 

 Plain-leaved and the Curly-leaved. 



Sow annually, once in February, and 

 again in the end of June. Sow mode- 

 rately thick, in narrow drills barely a 

 quarter of an inch deep, twelve inches 

 apart if in a bed by itself, or in a single 

 one round the edge of a bed, the soil 

 being raked level, and the stones imme- 

 diately over the seed gathered off. The 

 plants make their appearance in from 

 two to six weeks. When two or three 

 inches high, they may be gathered from 

 as required. In early June, when they 

 make a show for seed, the stems should 

 be cut down close to the bottom, and 

 again in September, if they have ac- 

 quired a straggling, rank growth. This 

 will cause them to shoot afresh, and 

 acquire a strong growth before the ar- 

 rival of severe weather. On the ap- 

 proach of frost, if protection is afforded 

 to the plants by means of haulm or 

 reed panels, so supported as not to 

 touch them, it will preserve them in a 



much better state for use in winter and 

 spring. But a still more effectual plan 

 is to take up some of the strongest 

 and best-curled plants in September, and 

 plant them in pots, two or three plants 

 in each, using a rich soil. If these be 

 placed in a pit or greenhouse, and abun- 

 dance of liquid-manure given, they will 

 be very superiorly productive throughout 

 the winter. 



To obtain Seed. Allow some of the 

 plants to run up in June; they should 

 not, however, be allowed to stand nearer 

 than eighteen inches to each other. The 

 seed ripens in early autumn, and, when 

 perfectly dry, may be beaten out and 

 stored. Soot is an excellent manure for 

 parsley, and preserves it from root-can- 

 ker, the only disease affecting it. 



PARSNIP. (Pastina'ca sati'va.) The 

 two varieties, Hollow-crowned and Guern- 

 sey, are nearly alike. 



Soil. A rich, dry, sandy loam, and the 

 deeper the better. The most inimical to 

 it is gravel or clay. Trench the ground 

 two spades deep, a little manure being 

 turned in with the bottom spit. In the 

 Isle of Guernsey, which has long been 

 celebrated for the fineness of its parsnips, 

 sea-weed is the manure chiefly employed. 

 Of dung, that of pigeons is the best. 

 Decayed leaves are also very favourable 

 to its growth. The situation cannot be 

 too open. 



Sow from the end of February to the 

 beginning of April, but the earlier the 

 better. It has been recommended, in 

 field cultivation, to sow them in Septem- 

 ber ; in the garden, when sown at this 

 season, they also obtain a finer size, but 

 many of them run to seed. In the Isle 

 of Guernsey they regulate their time of 

 sowing according to the soil : in the most 

 favourable soils they sow in January, or, 

 if the soil is wet or stiff, they do not insert 

 the seed until the latter end of March. 



Sow in drills ten inches apart, and 

 half an inch deep; the compartment 

 being laid out in beds not more than 

 four feet wide, for the convenience of 

 weeding, &c. When the seedlings are two 

 or three inches high, thin to ten inches 

 apart, and remove the weeds both by 

 hand and small hoeing. The beds re- 

 quire to be frequently looked over, to 

 remove all seedlings that may spring up 

 afresh, as well as to be frequently hoed 

 until the plants so cover the ground as 

 to render it impracticable. 



