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PARSLEY , a See also:

hardy biennal See also:

HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb known botanically as Petroselinum sativum (natural See also:

order See also:

UMBELLIFERAE

Umbelliferae), the leaves of which are much used for garnishing and flavouring. It occurs as a See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden See also:

ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape in See also:

WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste places in See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and it is doubtful if it is known anywhere as a truly See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild plant; A. de See also:

CANDOLLE, AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE (1778—1841)

Candolle, however (Origin of Cultivated See also:

PLANTS

Plants) considers it to be wild in the Mediterranean region. It grows best in a partially shaded position, in See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

SOIL

soil of considerable See also:

DEPTH

depth and not too See also:

LIGHT

light; a thick dressing of manure should be given before See also:

SOWING (from "to sow," O. Eng. shwan, cf. Du. zaaijen, Ger. saen, &c.; the root is seen in Lat. severe, cf. "seed")

sowing. For a continuous See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply three sowings should be made, as See also:

early in See also:

FEBRUARY

February as the See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather permits, in See also:

APRIL

April or early in May and in See also:

JULY

July—the last for the See also:

winter supply in a sheltered position with See also:

SOUTHERN

southern exposure. Sow thinly in drills from 12 to 15 in. apart and about 1 in. deep; thin out to 3 in. and finally to 6 in. each. In winter the plants should be protected by frames or See also:

hand-glasses. The curled and messy-leaved varieties are preferable. The See also:

HAMBURG

Hamburg or See also:

TURNIP

turnip-rooted variety is grown for the See also:

root, which is cut up and used for flavouring.

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