PARSNIPS 



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between a variety that has been modified and improved by 

 cultivation and one that is almost wild. 



The English variety, Sutton's Student, is a superior-flavoured 

 local form of it, and Elcombe's Improved is a first-class variety, 

 of excellent flavour. i\lthough it is both large enough and hardy 

 enough to be grown for cattle-feeding, the Hollow-crown Parsnip is 



Half-long Hollow-crown, or Student, Parsnip. Round Parsnip. 



essentially a table vegetable, and as such it is chiefly cultivated. It 

 is not quite so early as the Round Parsnip, but is more productive. 



Round Parsnip. — Root top-shaped, broader than long, often 

 5 or 6 in. across and 3 or 4 in. in depth. The leaves of this variety 

 are fewer and slighter than those of the Long Parsnips ; the root 

 also swells m^uch sooner. It is the best kind for kitchen-garden 

 culture. 



PATIENCE DOCK, or HERB PATIENCE 



Rumex Patientia^ L. PolygonacecB. 



French^ Oseille epinard. German, Englischer Spinat. Flemish, Blijvende spinazie. 

 Danish, Engelsk Spinat. Italian^ Lapazio. Spanish^ Romaza. Portuguese, Labaga. 



Native of Southern Europe. — Perennial. — Leaves slender, flat, 

 oval-lanceolate, pointed, narrowed abruptly into the leaf-stalk, which 

 is long and channelled on the upper surface ; stem 4 to 6J ft. high, 

 with ascending branches ; flowers in thick clusters, forming a rather 

 close branching panicle at the top of the stem ; seed triangular, 

 pale brown, much larger than that of the Common Sorrel. Its 



