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of autumn all the ftalks and leaves are 

 to be cut down, and then cover the bed 

 again with long dry dung, or ftraw- 

 fcreens, fo clofe that the froft may not 

 come at it, by which means the new 

 leaves that fpring forth will grow white, 

 yellowifh and tender. 



It wou d feem a little ftrange that this 

 plant fhould be no more ufed, were it 

 not that the fellery, its near relation, 

 was fo great a rival to it 5 but it has this 

 to recommend it, that it partakes of al- 

 moft all the good qualities of fellery, 

 and will, by the treatment before fet 

 down, laft much longer before it runs 

 to feed; which may not be difpleafing 

 to thofe that love to eat this fallet long 

 in the fpring. 



Tcnnclyfrniculumj may well be brought of fennel 

 into rank in this chapter, on account of 

 its being fomething akin. Our herbalifts 

 maintain two kinds, the fcenicuhim 'vul- 

 gar e^ ^wA. t\\z fcenicuhm duke, the com- 

 mon and fweet fennel, Gerard, J?. 1032, 



They are both rais'd by feed only, 

 which is pretty fmall, longifli and oval, 

 bunched and ftreak'd with greyifh ftreaks. 

 It is fown, as moft other feeds are, in 

 March, 



A curious 



