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may quote an. example from the description of a dinner at Chusan. 

 *' Another strange ragout proved to be the flowers of the common 

 China (or monthly) Rose dressed whole. Here the mixture of 

 salt, sour, and other indescribable flavours forbade a repetition." 

 There are few instances in which tve dress the flowers of plants. 

 For one, at least, there is the authority of the inveterate Londoner, 

 who said, "There was no garden like Covent Garden, and no 

 flower like a Cauliflower." Artichokes are an example of eating 

 a portion of the immature flower. 



The three sections, from forty-three to forty-five, are devoted to 

 the history of public provisions against dearth. In the last is an 

 enumeration of 414 plants described and figured in the 

 concluding volumes of this work, of which 138 are taken from the 

 standard Chinese herbal, called Pun-tmou, and '276 have been 

 added. They are classified as follows : — 



Tsaou — Herbaceous * . 



Mfih — Woody . 



Me Ktih — Grains and Pulse 



K'wo — Fruits . 



Tsae — Culinary Herbs . 



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80 

 20 

 23 

 46 



414 

 A further classification of the same is given, as under: — 



414 



Sect. XLVT. — LIX. These fourteen sections are styled the 

 " Provisional Herbal against dearth," being the history of all the 



* This term is extended sometimes to soft-wooded or pithy plants, as 

 the Fia;. 



