306 The TraEilcal Kitchen Gar diner. 



fame manner, viz,, any time in February 

 or March, on hot- beds, and tranfplanted 

 out amongfl other annuals. 

 Oftanfy. Tanfy, tanacetum, the derivation of 

 which our modern botanifls don't define, 

 is hot and cleanfuig, which in regard 

 that its tafte is a little too predominant, 

 and fo not admitted in raw or boil'd 

 fallets, but fryed with other herbs, fuch 

 as fpinach, green-corn, violet and prim- 

 rofe leaves, e>r. and mix'd with flower 

 and eggs ; and then fryed brown, is eaten 

 hot, with the juice of orange and fu- 

 gar, being, as our oft-quoted author ob- 

 serves, one of the moft agreeable of our 

 herbaceous difnes. 

 Of its Herbariils mention three or four fpe- 

 kinds. cies Qf this plant, which are the tanace- 

 turn VTilgare, or common tanfy 5 tana- 

 cetum crtfpum, or curled tanfy 5 and the 

 tanacetum Indictimy or unfavory tanfy 5 

 all to be found in Gerard, p. 650. and 

 in Tarkinfon, /. 8 1 . as alfo a ilrip'd kind, 

 being the tanacetum ^variegatum of Tar- 

 kinfon, p. pradiEi. 



It is propagated either by feeds or flips, 

 tranfplanted or fown in the latter end 

 of March, or the beginning of yiprih 

 and v/ill flourifli almofl: in any foil. 



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