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these virtues was driving away the pestilence, for 

 which general cleanliness has proved to be a better 

 preventive than all the charms which ever were 

 named. 



Its stem was formerly blanched and eaten like 

 celery, but the use of this plant in the present day as 

 an English edible is mostly confined to confectionary, 

 for which purpose the young and tender stalks are 

 candied. The roots, seeds, and leaves, are some- 

 times, though not very commonly in modern practice, 

 used in medical preparations. The whole plant is 

 highly aromatic. In Lapland the inhabitants con- 

 sider the stalks of Angelica as a great delicacy. 

 These are gathered before flowering ; the leaves being 

 stripped off' and the peel removed, the remainder is 

 eaten with much relish. This is a favourite plant with 

 the Laplanders, who have given so many names to it, 

 according to the different stages of its growth, as to 

 occasion much confusion to a stranger.* 



VEGETABLES USED FOR PICKLING. 



MANY of the vegetables which have been already 

 described are applied to this purpose, which use 

 has been noticed under the different heads, as they 

 have presented themselves ; those plants which are 

 more particularly and exclusively employed in this 

 manner are but few in number. Cucumbers, love- 

 apples, capsicums, and capers are the only pickling 

 plants which have not already found a place in the 

 present volume. The two first mentioned have al- 

 ready been described in another division of this 

 series. t 



* Linnaeus's Tour in Lapland. 



t See Volume treating on Timber-Trees and Fruits, pp. 287 

 and 291. 



