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I believe either Sort will alter, i/ 

 they were cultivated ever fo long. 



The Root and Seedi of the fecond 

 Sort is fometimes ufed in Medicine; 

 but it is feldom cultivated in Gar- 

 dens, the Markets being fupplied 

 from the Fields : yet the Druggilts 

 commonly fell the Seeds of the Gar- 

 den- kind for it ; which they may 

 purchafe at an eafy Price, when it is 

 too old to grow. 



The firit Sort is cultivated in 

 Kitchen-gardens ; theRoots of which 

 are large, fweer, and accounted very 

 nouriming. They are, propagated 

 by Seeds, which mould be iown in 

 February or March, in a rich mellow 

 Soil ; which muit be well dug, that 

 their Roots may run downward ; the 

 greateft Excellency being the Length 

 andBignefs of theRoots. Thefcmaybe 

 fownalone,or withCarrots,as is prac- 

 tifed by the Kitchen- gardeners near 

 London ; fome of whom alfo mix 

 Leeks, Onions, and Lettuce, with 

 their Parfneps : but this 1 think very- 

 wrong ; for it is not poiiible, that 

 fo many different Sorts can thrive 

 well together, except they are al- 

 lowed a considerable D.itance ; and 

 if fo, it will be equally the fame to 

 low the different Sorts feparate. 

 However, Carrots and Parfneps 

 may be fown very well, efpecially 

 where the Carrots are defigned to 

 be drawn off very young ; becaufe 

 the Parfneps generally fpread meft 

 toward the Latter-end of Summer, 

 which is afcer the Carrots are gone ; 

 fo that there may be a double Crop 

 upon the fame Ground. 



When the Plants are come up, 

 you Ihould hoe them out, leaving 

 them about ten Inches or a Foot a- 

 funder ; obferving at the fame time 

 to cut up all the Weeds, which, if 

 permitted to grow, would foon over- 

 bear the Plants, and choak them : 

 this rouft be repeated three or fear 

 times ia the Spring, according as you 



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find the Weeds grow ; but in ths 

 latter Part of Summer, when the 

 Plants are fo itrong as to cover the 

 Ground, they will prevent the 

 Growth of Weeds ; fo that after 

 that Seafon they will require no far- 

 ther Care. 



When the Leaves begin to decay, 

 the Roots may be dug up for Uie ; 

 before which time they are feldom 

 well tafted : nor are they good for 

 much late in the Spring, after they 

 are mot out again : fo that thofe 

 who would prelerve thefe Roots for 

 Spring-ufe, fliould dig them up in 

 the Beginning of February, and bu- 

 ry them in Sand, in a dry Place, 

 where they will remain go 3d until 

 the middle of April, or later. 



If you intend to fave the Seeds of 

 this Plant, you mould make cho ce 

 of feme of the longeft, ilraiteft, and 

 largeft Roots ; which mould be 

 planted about two Feet afunder, in 

 ibme Place where they may be de- 

 fended frorn the itrong South and 

 Weft Winds ; for the Stems of thefe 

 Plants commonly grow to a great 

 Height, and are very fubjee! to be 

 broken by itrong Winds, if expofed 

 thereto : they mould be conftantly 

 kept clear from Weeds ; and if the 

 Seafon Ihould prove very dry, you 

 muit give them fome Water twice a 

 Week, which will caufe them to pro- 

 duce a greater Quantity of Seeds ; 

 which will be much fironger than if 

 they were wholly neglected To- 

 ward the Latter-end of Augufi, or 

 the Beginning of September, the 

 Seeds will be ripe ; at which time 

 you mould carefully cut off the 

 Heads, and fpread them upon a 

 coarfe Cloth for two or three Days, 

 to dry ; after which, the Seeds ifeould 

 be beaten off, and put up for Ufe : 

 but you muft never truffi to thefe 

 Seeds after they are a Year old j for 

 they will feldom grow beyond that 

 Age. The 



