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taste, when chewed mucilaginous and almond- 
like. There is aiso an epithelium of mucilage 
which causes the seeds of each cell to adhere 
when immersed ia water. The seeds form a 
thick mucilage with water. which is highly es- 
teemed as an eye water. The mucilage is made 
by adding 1 part of seeds to 40° parts of water. 
The Quince is thought to be the golden apple 
of Hesperides. The name Cydonia is thought 
to allude to the town of Kydon in Crete. 
Delphinium, Larkspur, Delphinium Conso- 
lida.— Natural order Ranunculaceze. This plant 
is a native of Burope but now found growing in 
grain fields and waste places in the United 
States. The Larkspur rarely attains a preater 
height than two feet; the stem is erect and its 
four (4) united petals of a blue or violet color, 
the upper petals are longer than the lower or es, 
spur shaped and enclosed in the spur of the 
calyx. 
The fruit is a boll or follicle and contains many 
tetrahedral and flat looking seeds, one twenty- 
fifth of an inch broad (t millimeter) with a 
dark brown testa, and roughly pitted, when 
Seen under a glass of one or two diameters. 
Within the kernel we find a small, straight em- 
