This section is from the book "Commercial Gardening Vol2", by John Weathers (the Editor). Also available from Amazon: Commercial Gardening, A Practical & Scientific Treatise For Market Gardeners.
This distinct-looking plant of the Carrot family grows 1-2 ft. high, and has small white or pink flowers surrounded with an involucre of distinctly veined pinkish bracts in summer, It grows in any soil and may be increased by division or seeds.
 
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