222 a query. jfug. 14. 



becomes fibrous, and the stems woody. But it is also 

 known that unlcfs the nettle grows on very good ground, 

 it docs not produce fhoots of such luxuriance as to pro- 

 mise to be of much value to the farmer, if sown upon 

 barren wastes ; so that I iear little good can be expected 

 from it in this point of view. 



The toots of the nettle are also esteemed usefulin some cas- 

 es in medicine j and in the Highlands of Scotland they are 

 sometimes employed to produce a yellow dye. The leaves 

 also are gathered, when they first come up in the spring, 

 by the country people, and boiled in broth, which is es- 

 teemed wholesome ; and as it affords a peculiar grumous 

 sensation on the palate, they are reckoned a delicacy by 

 most young people who taste them. But these are ob- 

 jects of little con«equence. 



It may not be improper to take notice of one pther very 

 singular property of the nettle, viz. that if a new madc' 

 cheese of a small size be laid among growing nettles, or 

 those that have been newly cut, so as to be supported by 

 a close bed of them, and covered over with the same, this, 

 if frequently ftiifted, renders the curd in a fhort time of a 

 soft and butyraceous consistence, so as to hare very much 

 the taste and appearance of cream cheese. 



A vipERY. 



Sir, To the Editor of the Bee 



I have one of the best gardens in this country, which fur- 

 nilhes me with abundance of fruit and roots for the use of 

 my family, but tli^re is something peculiar in the ground 

 by which the onions, which grow to an enormous size, rot 

 immediately after they are pulled, and as I have been 

 thereby necefsitated to purchase what of this useful root I 

 need, I will esteem it a great favour done me, if you, or 



