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equally as good for Ufe as the com- 

 mon, it being only a Variety thereof. 

 In order to have this large and fine, 

 it mould be fown very thin, or, 

 when it firft comes up, hoe it out to 

 the Diftance of four Inches fquare ; 

 by which Management your Leaves 

 will be extremely large and fair; 

 and, if you do not fufter it to feed, 

 will endure two Years very well ; 

 but if it feeds, it will feldom con- 

 tinue good after. 



The great- rooted Garden Parfley 

 is now more known in England than 

 it was fome Years ago : in Holland it 

 is very common in all their Markets : 

 they bring thefe Roots in Bunches, 

 as we do young Carrots, to Market, 

 in Summer; and the Roots are much 

 of the fame Size : it is called Pe- 

 trofeline Wortle by the Dutch, who 

 are very fond of it. 



It may be cultivated by fowirrg 

 the Seeds in good Ground early in 

 the Spring ; and in April, when 

 the Plants are up, cut them out with 

 an Hoe (as is pradifed for young 

 Carrots) to about five or fix Inches 

 fquare, and keep them conftantly 

 clean from Weeds, and in July the 

 Roots will be fit to draw for Ufe, 

 and may be boiled and eaten as 

 young Carrots ; and are very pala- 

 table and wholfome, efpecially for 

 thofe who are troubled with the 

 Gravel. 



But if thefe Plants are cut out, 

 to allow them more room, if the 

 Soil is good, the Roots will grow 

 to the Size of a middling Parfnep 

 by September : the Roots are much 

 ufed to make a Dutch Difh, called 

 Water Souche. 



The Macedonian Parfley is a 

 Stranger in our Country, and not 

 to be found, except in curious Bo- 

 tanic Gardens : this Plant is pro- 

 pagated by fowing the Seed, in the 

 Spring of the Year, in an open 



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well-expofed Bed of frefli Earth > 

 and in Summer, when the Plants 

 are come up, they fliould be tranf- 

 planted, fome of them into Pots 

 filled with light frefli Earth, and 

 others into a well-flielter'd dry Bor- 

 der ; where they may remain until 

 they flower, which is not before the 

 fecond, and, fometimes, the third 

 Year ; but thofe that were planted 

 in Pots, fliould be flieltered during 

 the Winter- feafon, under an Hot- 

 bed-frame, giving them free open 

 Air whenever the Weather is mild. 

 Thefe Plants, in the Spring follow- 

 ing, may be turned out of the Pots 

 into the full Ground, that their 

 Seeds may be the better maturated. 



The Arrifi is a very difficult Plant 

 to make grow with u's : for altho* 

 we have frefli Seeds from Abroad, 

 which will often come up very well ; 

 yet if there happens but a little wet 

 or cold Weather in the Summer- 

 time, the Plants will rot off", and 

 die away. The befl. Method is, to 

 raife the Plants upon a moderate 

 Hot-bed early in the Spring ; and 

 when they are come up, prick them 

 out again upon another Bed that 

 hath a little Warmth, obferving to 

 expofe them to the open Air by 

 degrees ; by which means they will 

 have more Strength, and conse- 

 quently be in lefs Danger of being 

 hurt by bad Weather: but this Plant 

 is not worth propagating for Ufe 

 in England, fince we can have the 

 Seeds much better, and at a cheaper 

 Rate, from Malta, than they can 

 be produced here. 



Smallage is a common Weed, by 

 the Side of Ditches, and Brooks of 

 Water, in moft Parts of England, 

 fo that it is feldom cultivated in 

 Gardens ; but if any Perfon is will- 

 ing to propagate it, the Seeds 

 fliould be fown foon after they are 

 ripe, on a moifl Spot of Ground ; 



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