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seed sliOTild be fresh. Loudon says, two years' old seed 

 will not grow. 



Cdtnre of the pot-herb kinds. — One sowing in spring 

 will mostly furnish young leaves all the year ; though, to 

 answer a constant demand, many persons make successive 

 sowings from February [in Great Britain] to May. Some 

 also sow early in autumn for young parsley in winter and 

 spring; but such a supply is better provided by cutting 

 down established plants. Sow in a single drill along the 

 edge of any compartment, or occasionally in rows nine 

 or twelve inches asunder. Draw small drills, something 

 less than an inch deep ; in which drop the seed moderate- 

 ly thick, and cover a little above half an inch. The plants 

 will come up in three or four weeks, and, when two or 

 three inches high, may be gathered as wanted, all the sum- 

 mer, winter, and following spring till May, when they will 

 go to seed. Have always a young crop sowed timely in 

 the spring to succeed the declining old plants. In gather- 

 ing pot-herb parsley, cut close and regular. In summer, 

 when the plants grow rank, yielding more leaves than can 

 be used, cut them close to the bottom, and they will shoot 

 up stocky, and in a regular, close growth. Observe also 

 to do the same in autumn, about the end of September, 

 that the plants may form heads of fresh young leaves be- 

 fore winter. On the approach of frosty weather, protect 

 them with haum," straw, or any thing else, which will 

 serve for a defence against cold. 



Culture of Hamburgh parsley. — To obtain large roots, 

 allot a compartment where the soil is deep, and has been 

 well digged. Any common mould will suit, if dry and not 

 too rich. Sow in February, [soon as the frost is well out 

 of the ground,] March, or early in April, in one or more 

 beds, either in drills nine inches asunder, or broad-cast, 

 and rake in. The plants should be thinned to nine inches 

 distance, to give room for proper growth in the roots ; for 

 use in August, September, October, and thence till the fol- 

 lowing spring. On the approach of frost, take up some 

 roots, and preserve them in sand. A sowing may be made 

 the third week in June, where young roots are wanted in 

 winter. " 



The Siberian, or single-leafed parsley, is cultivated in 

 fields. It may be sown very early with oats or other 

 spring grain, mixed with grass seed. — See Encyc. of Agr, 

 parag. 5081. 



Uses. — This herb is much used and highly valued for 



