Vegetable substances used for the food of man

Chapter XIII

Alliaceous Plants ~ , ae ss 3 CHAPTER XIV.

Acetarious Plants, &c.—Seasoning Herbs CHAPTER XV.

Esculent Fungi. x : 4 °

CHAPTER: XVI.

Spices * s ° . e °

CHAPTER XVII.

Coffee—Cacao—Tea—Sugar a

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*,* The following Note should have been inserted at page 74,

Pierce Plowman was an anonymous writer of satires against the Popish clergy. These productions, which are exceedingly bitter, are attributed to Robert Langlande, a secular priest, and fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.

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ILLUSTRATIONS.

No. 1. Grain of Wheat, upper and undersides « . “ 2, Ear and Plant of Spring Wheat . z - : 8. Earand Plant of Winter Wheat j A : : 4. Ear and Plant of Duck-Bill Wheat : 5. Ear and Plant of Egyptian or many-spiked Wheat 4 6, Ear and Plant of Polish Wheat . i ° : 7. Ear and Plant of Spelt Wheat : : “ : 8. Ear and Plant of one-seeded Wheat 9. Wheat-fly (Musca pumilionis) in its different stages ; 10. Corn Mildew (Uredo frument?) greatly magnified . 11. Ear and Plant of Rye . 2 5 12, Ear and Plant of Common Spring Barley ° . 13. Premature germination of an Ear of Barley : . 14, Earand Plant of Winter Barley. 4 15, Ear and Plant of Two-rowed Barley . : a * 16. Common-bearded Oats, and Common Oats . . 17. Thames Corn-Barge , = ; : " P 18. Ear and Plant of Rice 5 : ; ; - 19. Rice-birds, male and female . dl . f 20. Maize—Zea mays. r : i. A 21. Ears of Maize, in different stages A . . : 22. Italian Millet—Sitaria alien: . s a 23. Buck-wheat—Polygonum faugopyrum ; . ° 24, Cassava-—Jatropha manihot - . ; ; 25. Indians preparing Cassava. . ° : 26. Salep—Orchis mascula . " ‘ e 27. Indian Arrow-root— Maranta arundinacea : 7 28. Wake-Robin—4rum maculatum . : a “ 29. Sweet Potato—Convolvulus batata , Fi : 30. Yam— Dvioscorea sativa : x 2 . 31. Different sorts of Yam-roots . ; ; . ‘ 32. The Banana

: Cabbage-Palm—Areca oleracea .

. Stem of the Sago-tree, showing the pith from which the

Sago is extracted ; j

Vill ILLUSTRATIONS, No. Page 35. Couch-grass r . ° - 179 36. Flower and Root of the Wild Parsnip ° - «, ABS 37. Iceland Moss—Lichen islandicus . . ‘ . 184 38. Pile-wort—Ficaria ranunculoides - . o UERSG 39. Great Cat’s Tail— Typha palustris . ° ° + 136 40. Rampion—Campanula rapunculus ‘* 4 wi ee 41. Samphire—Crithomum maritimum . . . . 194 42, Chick-Pea—Cicer arietinum ° ‘ ° o 223 43. Flowers and Pods of the Turnip. ° . - 228 44, Umbel of the Carrot . 4 ; Senor 45. Flowers and Roots of the Skirret. ‘ : : . 249 46. Flower and Root of Scorzonera . : ‘ ~~ 254 47. Colewort—Brassica oleracea . i - . 262 48. Spinach—Spinacia oleracea ; ° . at 2269 49. New Zealand Spinach—Tetragonia expansa 1 273 50. Cardoon—Cermum cardunculus . $ : « 1 284 51. Tree-Onion—Adlium proliferum , : P 3: 290: 52. Garlic—<Allium sativum. ‘ ° ‘ ~()2e6 53. Rhubarb—Rheum palmatum . . : : . 309 54. Capsicum 3 fe * : aensis 55. Black and White Truffles ° . ° : » 329 56. Morelles—Phadli esculenti . . 331 57. Common Mushr ooms—dgaricus campestris and Agari 1cus auruntiacus : . . - ° . 332 58. Champignons—4garicus pratensis = = dbo 59. True Cinnamon— Laurus cinnamomum . : . 342 60. The Clove—Caryophyllata . . . . - 348 61. Nutmeg—Myristica moschata. ° ° . . 302 62. Ginger—Zingiber officinale. ‘ : : « - 806 63. Albspice—A/yrtus pimenta . . : 362 64. Coffee, with the Flower and Berry é Peper | 65. Tea—Thea viridis - z . 375 66. Tea-gathering, from a Chinese ‘drawing . . vee 67, Sugar-Canes . ° ; ‘ ° ‘ . 382

USED FOR THE FOOD OF MAN.