The TraBical Kitchen Gardiner. 



to water it in order to make it grofs, 

 and it fliould have the bcft and richeft 

 foil you can fow it in. 



Mr. E'velyn gives three particular 

 names to this plant, viz, TragopogoUy 

 Scorzonera and Saljifeay medicinal and 

 excellent againft the palpitation of the 

 heart, faintings, obftrudion of the bow- 

 els, &c, are befides a very fweet and 

 pleafant fallet, being laid to foak out 

 the bitternefs, and then peel'd, may be 

 eaten raw, or condited, but beft of all 

 ftcw'd with marrow, fpice, wine, ^c. 

 as artichokes and skirrets are, diced or 

 whole. They may (fays he) alfo bake, 

 fry or boil them , a more excellent root 

 is hardly growing. 



Mr. Mortimer talks alfo of another 

 common fort that is multiply'd by feed, 

 which is almoft in all things like to 

 Scorzonera:, except its colour, which is 

 alfo grey, or of a very long oval figure, 

 as if it were fo many cods, all over 

 ftreaked, and as it were engraven in the 

 fpaces between the ftreaks, which are 

 pretty fharp-pointed towards the end. 



Mr. De la ^mtinye fays of this com- 

 mon fort, that it is cultivated after the 

 fame manner as the preceding one, but 



that 



