£50 OF HERBS, &C. SECT. X"I. 



market gardeners fow it juft within the glaffes which 

 cover their cauliflower plants, &c. In fuinmer it 

 ftiould be fown in fhady cool ground, and daily watered ; 

 or it may be fown in the moft funny fituation, if 

 hooped over, and fhaded with a mat. Break the mould 

 Jine, and draw level (hallow drills, and cover only a 

 quarter of an inch. It may, however, be fown at 

 broad caft, the ground being fir ft raked very fmooth, 

 and the feed juft covered with fine fitted mould. Let 

 it be fown (on an average) once a week, and cut 

 young. If that which is fown in open ground, at an 

 early feafon, be covered with a mat, it will forward the 

 germination. The American crefs is much like water 

 crefs, only more bitter. It anfwers well as a winter 

 and early fpring fall ad, being fown in Augujl, at broad 

 caft, or rather thin in drills. The plants being cut, or 

 the outfide leaves pulled off, (hoot again. 



Dill is a very ftomachic herb, Wfa&fe leaves and 

 feed veffels are put among vegetable pickles, particularly 

 cucumbers, to heighten their relifh. The ftem,. leaves, 

 and feed, are alfo ufed in medicine; leaves fometimes in 

 foups and fauces. Sow it either in autumn, or early 

 in the fpring^ at broad caft, or in drills, a foot af under,, 

 thinning the plants to about eight inches. It flieds 

 feed freely, and comes up at fpring. 



Fennel (the common fait) is an hardy pe?~ennial 

 herb, of the fame family as dill, the ufes of which are 

 well known. It may be fown either in fpring, or 

 autumn, and the plants ought to be kept near half a 

 vafd afunder; or it may be propagated by flips from the 

 xoots of pld .plants* It fhouid be conftantly cut down 

 to prevent feeding, w r hich would cover the ground in 

 a trouble fome degree. Sweet fennel is an annual, cul- 

 tivated for its feeds in medicine. 



FiNO-CHio.is a fort of divarf fennel, very aromatic ; 

 the bottom of the thick ftaLks of which, being earthed 

 up about three weeks, when nearly full grown, five or 

 iix inches to blanch^ are ufed in foup and faliads, or 

 8 .fiiced. 



