Chaerophyllum
(from chairo, to rejoice, and phyllon, a leaf; in reference to the smell of the leaves). ORD. Umbelliferae. An extensive genus of hardy herbaceous plants, of scarcely any horticultural interest. Flowers white, sometimes rose; involucre none, or of few leaves; involucels of many leaves. Leaves decompound; leaflets toothed or multifid. All the species are of the easiest possible culture in any soil. Propagated by seeds, sown in the open, during spring.
C. bulbosum (bulbous). Bulbous-rooted Chervil. fl. white. June. l. supra-decompound; lower ones pilose at the petioles, superior ones glabrous; segments multifid, linear. Stem beset with retrograde hairs at the bottom. h. 3ft. to 6ft. Europe, &c, 1726. See also Chervil, Bulbous-rooted.