PARSLEY. 



that those whom we love are not unmindful of us when 

 present or absent ; not so unmindful, that is, as to be careless 

 and thoughtless of those claims we have upon their regard 

 and affection. 



PARSLEY {Apium Petroselinum). — Feast. BANQUET. 



Parsley was held in great esteem by the Greeks. In 

 their banquets they wreathed their brows with its slender 

 branches, because they thought it had the effect of increasing 

 cheerfulness and their appetite. At Rome, in their games, 

 the victors were crowned with Parsley. It is thought that 

 Sardinia is the native region of this plant, because that pro- 

 vince is represented on ancient medals, by a female figure, 

 near which is a vase containing a bunch of parsley ; but the 

 ■ plant seems indigenous to all the cool and shady parts of 

 Greece, and even to the southern provinces of France. 



The plant is a very pretty garnishing to our dishes, and 

 certainly enlivens the tout ensemble of the festive board, and 

 if its presence does not increase cheerfulness, its absence will 

 sometimes produce the opposite effect. 



PASQUE-FLOWER ANEMONE {A. Pulsatilla).— Yo\i 

 are without Pretension. 



This is a plant which is covered with down, and is all over 

 soft and whitish. It blooms continually through the Summer 

 with a quantity of pretty purple flowers. It prefers the 

 shade, where it is highly ornamental to our borders. It 

 demands no care, and abundantly sows itself 



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