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New Principles of Gardening. 
4. Their medicinal Virtues. 
Both of thefe Garden Parfleys being eaten in Sauce, pro- 
voke Urine, are very grateful to the Stomach, open Obitruc- 
tions, and are good againft the Stone, as alfo are the Seeds, being 
tiken inwardly. °o> HOSTo2 Yios : 
5. The Parts for Ufe. 
The young tender Leaves; proceeding from the Crown of. 
Heads of the Roots. 
i 6. The Quantity. 
Parfley is very feldom eaten in Compofition with other Sallet: 
Herbs, and therefore whenever it is, the Quantity is at Plea- 
fure. | : 
5 ay The Cultivation. 
Parfley delights in mellow rich Land, and is propagated from 
Seed fown in March, in {mall Drills at the edge of a Border, Cre. 
or all over the Border in general... ribet oe. 
__N..B. That when your Parfley begins to grow ftrong, or 
rather too rank for Ufe, ‘tis beft to’ cut down part of it clofe 
to the Ground, which will caufe it to fhoot afrefr, and be 
very young and tender fit for Ufe, | 
The Seed lies avery long time in the Ground before it 
comes up, ‘tis produced the fecond Year, and is ripe in fuly 
eT RTE Ea ARE PSE RON FOR EAU : 
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Of the Parfaip. ;, 
: 1. Its Names. 
HE ancient Herbarifts called the Garden Parfnip in 
Greek saQurives, and Paftinaca ; and therefore {ome of 
the latter called or furnamed: it Latéfolza, or broad leaved, to. 
diftinguifh it from the other Garden Parfnip with narrow 
Leaves, which is truly called Staphylinus, viz. the Garden 
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