8 % he Kitchen Cjarden, 
no-r fo high ; and the (eede is Imaller : yet as Iohn Tradefcante faith (who hath giuen 
me the relation of this, and many other of thefe garden plants, to whom cuery o nc is 
a debtor) the roote hereof is not altogether fo plcafant as the other. 
Moreouer the wilde kinde, which gro weth in many places of England(and wherof 
in fome places there might be gathered a quarter facke full of thefeede) if it be fo wen 
in Gardens, and there well ordered, will proue as good as the former kinde of Garden 
Parfneps. 
The Vfe of Parfneps. 
The Parfnep root is a great nourifher, and is much more vfed in the time 
of Lent, being boylcdandftewed with butter, then in any othertimeof 
the yeare ; yet it is very good all the winter long. The feede helpeth to difc 
folue winde, and to prouoke vrine. 
Chap. XL. 
Ptslint f*tim tcnxtfolU. Carrots. 
T He Carrot hath many winged leaucs, riling from the head of the roote, which 
are much cut and diuided into many other leaues, and they alfo cut and diuided 
into many parts, of a deepegreene colour, fome whereof in Autumne will 
turnetobeof a fine red or purple fthebeautic whereof allureth many Gentlewomen 
oftentimes to gather the leaues, and ftickc them in their hats or heads, of pin them on 
their armes in (lead of feathers) : the ftalke rifeth vp among the leaues, bearing many 
likewife vpon it, but nothing fohigh as the Parfnep, being about three foote high, 
bearing many fpoakie tufts of white flowers, which turne into fmall rough feede, as if 
it were hairy, fmelling reafonable well if it bee rubbed : the roote is round and long, 
thickeaboue and fmall below, cytherredoryellow, eythcrlhorter or longer, accor- 
ding to his kinde; for there is one kinde, whoferootc is wholly red quitethorough- 
out ; another whofc roote is red without for a pretty way inward, but the middle is 
yellow. 
Then there is theyellow, which is of twoforts, both long and fliort : Oneof the 
long yellow forts, which is of a pale yellow, hath the greateft and longeft roote, and 
like wife the greateft head of greene, and is for the molt part the worft, being fpongy, 
and not firme. 
The other is of a deepe gold yellow colour, and is the beft, hauing a fmaller head, 
or tuft of greene leaues vpon it. 
The lhortc rootes are likewife diftinguilhed, into pale and deepe yellow colours. 
The Vfe of Carrots. 
All thefe forts being boyled in the broth of beefe, eyther frefh or fair, bat 
morevfuallyof faired beefe, arc eaten with great pleafure, bccaufeof the 
fweetenelfe of them : but they nourilh Idle then Parfneps or Skirrcts. 
Ihauenot often knownethe feede of this Garden kinde to bee vfed in 
Phyficke : but the wilde kinde is often and much vfed to expel! winde, &c. 
Chap. XL I. 
Rtfmm htrtenfe. Turneps. 
T Here .are diners forts of Turneps, as white, yellow, and red : thewhitearethe 
raoft common, and they are of two kinds, the one much fweetcr then the other. 
Tht yellow and the red are more rare,and nourfed vp only by thofe that arc 
various : as alfo the Navcwe,whichis feeuebut with very few. 
The 
