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  A 
  PLAIN 
  AND 
  EASY 
  ACCOUNT 
  

  

  for 
  soups, 
  in 
  which 
  state 
  they 
  are 
  imported. 
  The 
  

   retail 
  price 
  at 
  times 
  reaches 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  one 
  shilling 
  

   an 
  ounce. 
  Although 
  only 
  employed 
  here 
  in 
  its 
  

   dried 
  state 
  for 
  seasoning, 
  it 
  is 
  far 
  more 
  delicious 
  when 
  

   fresh, 
  aud 
  affords 
  a 
  liquor 
  of 
  much 
  more 
  exquisite 
  

   flavour 
  than 
  the 
  ketchup 
  of 
  mushrooms. 
  The 
  demand 
  

   was 
  formerly 
  so 
  great 
  for 
  morells 
  in 
  Germany, 
  that 
  the 
  

   peasantry 
  were 
  induced 
  to 
  burn 
  down 
  the 
  woodland 
  in 
  

   immense 
  tracts, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  productive 
  

   nature 
  of 
  the 
  burnt 
  soil, 
  until 
  legislative 
  enactments 
  

   put 
  an 
  end 
  to 
  the 
  practice. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  three 
  native 
  species 
  of 
  Morchella, 
  one 
  of 
  

   which 
  (31. 
  patula) 
  is 
  too 
  rare 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  economic 
  im- 
  

   portance. 
  Of 
  the 
  other 
  two, 
  31. 
  esculenta 
  is 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  by 
  having 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  

   stem 
  (fig. 
  h). 
  In 
  31. 
  semilibera 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  free 
  half- 
  

   way 
  up 
  from 
  its 
  base. 
  In 
  the 
  former 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  

   commonly 
  ovate, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  conical. 
  31. 
  esculenta 
  

   is 
  more 
  a 
  lover 
  of 
  woods, 
  and 
  31. 
  semilibera 
  of 
  hedges. 
  

   The 
  capability 
  of 
  distinguishing 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  is 
  of 
  

   little 
  importance 
  for 
  alimentary 
  purposes, 
  since 
  both 
  are 
  

   good, 
  and 
  equally 
  esteemed 
  abroad. 
  We 
  have 
  the 
  

   authority 
  of 
  M. 
  Iloques 
  for 
  stating, 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  

   less 
  esteemed 
  in 
  France 
  than 
  in 
  Italy, 
  in 
  Germany 
  than 
  

   in 
  Switzerland, 
  and 
  in 
  Brabant 
  than 
  in 
  England. 
  Some 
  

   give 
  the 
  preference 
  to 
  one 
  kind, 
  and 
  some 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  ; 
  

   but 
  both 
  have 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  odour 
  which 
  gratifies 
  the 
  

   smell, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  flavour 
  which 
  pleases 
  the 
  taste 
  ; 
  

   but 
  they 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  gathered 
  with 
  the 
  dew 
  upon 
  them. 
  

   Different 
  methods 
  of 
  cooking 
  morells 
  are 
  in 
  vogue 
  

  

  