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may be obtained free of cost, the requisite knowledge is woi-th acquiring. Nor 

 is the subject without bearing upon the health of those classes even in which 

 the question of expense is xinimpoitant. The effect of the particular flavours 

 by which we distinguish plants seems to go beyond the palate, and it is in 

 accordance with the best opinions to suppose that the moderate use of a variety 

 of such vegetables as please the taste is more wholesome than an adherence to 

 one or two, however valuable they may be. There is hardly a succulent plant, 

 not poisonous, which cannot by the skilful addition of some sunple seasoning bo 

 made into an agi-eeable dish. 



In pointing out the raw materials for a lenten meal I will only add that 

 the wise man who knew all plants from the cedar to the hyssop tells us with 

 what sauce a " dinner of herbs " may be made to excel a more substantial feast. 



