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tapering gradually, but ending somewhat abruptly with a 

 small tap-root, which is about four inches in diameter at the 

 shoulder; the crown is short and quite sunk into the 

 shoulder, so as to form a hollow ring round the insertion of 

 the foot-stalks, and grows mostly below the surface of the 

 soil. Dr. M'Culloch appears to have first described this 

 Parsnep ; seeds of it, with the English names above given, 

 were received from English seedsmen ; but the description 

 of the Lisbonaise accords so exactly with the Hollow- 

 crowned Parsnep grown in the Garden of the Society, as 

 leaves no doubt, in my opinion, as to their identity. This 

 variety possesses sufficient merit to recommend it for general 

 cultivation, especially as it does not require so deep a soil as 

 either of the preceding; in flavour it does not differ from 

 them. 



4. Turnep-rooted Parsnep. 



Panais rond. 



Siam Parsnep ? Neill. 



The leaves of this sort are few, and do not exceed twelve 

 to sixteen inches in length ; the roots are from four to six 

 inches in diameter, funnel-shaped, tapering very abruptly with 

 a strong tap-root, the whole being from twelve to fifteen inches 

 in length ; the rind is rougher than either of the preceding ; 

 the shoulder very broad, growing above the surface of the soil, 

 convex, with a small short crown. It is much the earliest 

 of the kinds, and if left in the ground too long is apt to rot 

 m the crown; the leaves also decay much earlier than in 

 either of the preceding, This variety has been recently 

 introduced by the Horticultural Society from France, the 



