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ground, having twelve to eighteen inch alleys between; and placed 
in rows lengthwise in the beds, allowing proportionate distances ac- 
cording to their respective growths; or the small growing kinds 
may be planted in borders, or any other convenient places, that are 
open and well exposed. 
The best time to gather any of the preceding kinds for distilla- 
tion, or to preserve in a dry state for medicinal purposes, &c. is when 
they are in the first stage of their flowering. 
You may towards the latter end of this month, or any time in the 
next, sow seeds of either, or all of the above mentioned kinds, and 
also of the following annual plants, for medicinal and culinary pur- 
poses, viz. borage, sweet fennel, sweet marjoram, sweet basil, sum- 
mer savory, fenugreek, pot marigold, anise, and likewise clary, car- 
raway, smallage, and fox-glove, &c. the four last are biennials and do 
not flower till the second year, but their leaves may be used at any 
time when arrived at a sufficient size. All these seeds should be 
sown separately in beds of rich earth, and covered from the eighth 
of an inch to half an inch deep in proportion to their size, either 
in the broad-cast way, or in drills; or the low growing kinds may he 
sown in single drills along the edges of borders, particularly thyme, 
hyssop, and winter savory, 8cc. and when the plants are arrived at a 
sufficient size, they may be thinned and transplanted into any beds 
or quarters that can be spared for that purpose. 
Dill. 
This plant is extremely valuable as an ingredient in pickles, to 
which it gives a most exquisite flavour: the seeds when ripe are 
frequently used for that purpose, but it is the more general practice 
when they are formed, and not yet perfect, to cut off the umbels or 
heads, and then use them as above. 
This seed should be sown in any of the autumn months after be- 
ing ripe, and will come up the spring following, for when kept out 
of ground till the latter period, one third of it and perhaps less, will 
not vegetate till that time twelve months; but if sown very early in 
March, and thick, you may expect a tolerable crop that season; sow 
it broad cast on four feet wide beds, covering it, if sown in autumn, 
half an inch, and if in spring, a quarter of an inch deep; when 
the plants come up, thin them to six inches distance, and the same 
season they will perfect their seeds; which, if any are suffered to 
shed, will not fail to come up plentifully the next year. 
Finochio, or Jlzorian Fennel. 
The Finochio has very short stalks, which swell just above the 
surface of the ground, to three or four inches in breadth, and near 
two thick, being fleshy and tender; this is the part which is eaten 
when blanched, with oil, vinegar and pepper, as a cold sallad 
For the cultivation of this plant, make choice of a good spot of 
light rich earth, not dry nor very wet, for, in either extreme, 
it will not thrive. Sow the seeds pretty thin in shallow drills 
