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now poffefs'd of, viz, the paftinaca 

 latif. fativa of Gerard, p. 125, and of 

 Tarkinfon, p, 944. the garden parfnip ; 

 and another of the wild kind, elapho- 

 bofcum, of no ufe in the kitchen 5 the 

 pafiinaca fativa tenuifolia lutea, or yel- 

 low carrot ; and the pafiinaca fativa te- 

 nuifolia atrorubenSy or red carrot, are 

 both alfo found in Gerardy p, 1027. and 

 ia Tarkinfony 901. but now they are 

 diftinguifii'd by the names of the yel- 

 low or Sandwichy red carrot, ^c. 



Thofe that write concerning the vir- 

 tues of plants, fay that the nourifhment 

 that comes from thefe roots is not very 

 much, nor very good 5 and that they 

 debilitate and weaken, rather than 

 ftrengthen 5 that they are windy, but 

 not fo much as turneps, and fo don't 

 pafs thro' the body fo foon 5 however, 

 they caufe meat to be eaten with more 

 pleafure, and their virtues, perhaps, may 

 not be fo little as thofe gentlemen ima- 

 gine they are. 



Carrots delight in a warm, light, 5^;//; 

 fandy foil 5 but parfnips can't have a foil 

 that is too ftrong. If the ground be 

 heavy, it muft be trench'd, or garden- 

 fallow'd^ either in the winter or fum- 



