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youngest Elecampane roots and boyl them reasonably 

 tender; then pith them and peel them, and so beat it in 

 a mortar, then take twice as much sugar as the pulp doth 

 weigh, and so boyl it to a candy height, with as much Rose- 

 water as will melt it; then put the pulp into the sugar, 

 with the pap of a roasted Apple, then let it boyle till it be 

 thick, then drop it on a Pye plate, and so dry it in an Oven 

 till it be dry. The Queen's Closet Opened, by W. M., Cook 

 to Queen Henrietta Maria, 1655. 



ELECAMPANE TONIC. Slice the fresh root thin, and to a 

 quarter of a pound of it pour three pints of boiling water. 

 After standing all night, boil it a few minutes, and when 

 cold, strain the liquor off. To a pint of this add a quarter 

 of a pint of mountain wine, and let a full wineglass of this 

 be drank four times a day. Sir John Hill, The British 

 Herbal, 1772. 



ENDIVE 



In appearance, at least, there seems little connection 

 between our common garden Endive and the Succory of 

 the fields. Is there any flower quite so ethereal a blue as 

 the latter? If the Roumanian legend is true, the wild 

 Succory was once a beautiful woman whom the Sun wished 

 to marry, but she refused. So he transformed her into 

 Succory, and condemned her for ever to gaze on him from 

 the moment he rose till he set. There is a curious trace of 

 this legend in the widespread old belief that Succory must 

 never be uprooted save with gold or a stag's horn (emblems 

 of the Sun's rays). Succory ensures constancy in love, and 

 it was a frequent ingredient in the old love philtres. Its 

 leaves were used as a pot-herb, and the flowers as cordials. 



A SALLET OF WILD, GREEN SUCCORY. Take the Leaves 

 of this Herb, cut them small, and put them into fair water, 

 and so let them lye two hours, change your water three or 

 four times, then swing it out very well, and Dish it up on a 

 Plate, and garnish it with anything, either white or red. 

 You may do the same with the white, or wilde Succory, only 



