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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



Introductory Statement. vii 



I Wild Plants with Edible Tubers, Bulbs or Roots 1 



II Wild Plants with Edible Tubers, Bulbs or Roots 



(Continued) 17 



III Wild Seeds of Food Value, and How They Have 



Been Utilized 41 



IV The Acorn as Human Food and Some Other Wild 



Nuts 67 



V Some Little Regarded Wild Fruits and Berries . 83 



VI Wild Plants with Edible Stems and Leaves . . 114 



VII Beverage Plants of Field and Wood 141 



VIII Vegetable Substitutes for Soap 167 



IX Some Medicinal Wildings Worth Knowing . . 184 



X Miscellaneous Uses of Wild Plants .... 210 



XI A Cautionary Chapter on Certain Poisonous 



Plants 236 



Regional Index 259 



General Index 269 



