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flowered, perennials. Seeds and divisions, in 

 spring ; shady marshy places. 

 /*. ^5ari/o7f(Asarum-leaved). . July. N. 

 America. 1812. 



Carolinia'na (Carolina). A. May. N. Ame- 



rica. 1802. 



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



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



America. 1820. 



specio'sa (showy). . July. N. America. 



PARO'CHETUS. (From para, near, and 

 ochetos, a brook ; its habitat. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabaceae]. Linn., 

 \7-Diadelphia 4,-Decandria. Allied to 

 Goodia.) 



Half-hardy, evergreen, Nepaulese 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. 



PARKOT-BEAK PLANT. Clia'nthw. 



PARRO 'TIA. (Named after M . Parrot. 

 Nat. ord.. Witch-hazels [Hamamelida- 

 cese]. Linn., k-Tetrandria 2-Diyynia. 

 Allied to Fothergilla.) 



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 tem- 

 perature. 

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



PA 'RRYA. ( Named after Captain Parry, 

 the arctic navigator. Nat. ord., Cruci- 

 fers [Brassicaceae]. Linn., lo-Tetrady- 

 namia. Allied to Arabis.) 



Require a greenhouse in winter. Seeds ; 

 common garden soil. 



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

 1820. Annual. 



intege'mma (very-entire-teaved). . Rose, 



purple. April, Siberia. 1829. Ever- 

 green. 



PARSLEY. Pctroseli'num sati'vum. 

 There are two varieties, the common i 

 plain-leaved and the curly-leaved. 



Sow annually, once in February and j 

 again in the end of June. Sow mode- ! 

 rately thick, in narrow drills barely a j 

 quarter-of-an-inch deep,, twelve inches ] 

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

 one round the edge of a bed ; the soil j 

 being raked level, and the stones im- 

 mediately 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 i 

 from as required. In early June, when j 

 they make a show for seed, the stems ! 



should be cut down close to the bottom, 

 and again in September, if they have 

 acquired a straggling rank growth ; this 

 will cause them to shoot afresh, and 

 acquire a strong growth before the 

 arrival of severe weather. On the ap- 

 proach of frost, if protection is atforded 

 to the plants by means of haulm or 

 reed pamiels, 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 abundance 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 ma- 

 nure for parsley, and preserves it from 

 root-canker, the only disease affect- 

 ing it, 



PARSNIP. Pastina'ca sati'va. The 

 two varieties, Hollow-crowned and 

 Guernsey, are nearly alike. 



Soil. A rich, dry, sandy loam, and 

 the deeper the better. The most 

 inimical to it are 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 

 September ; 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 



