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dening. Rauwolf,* 1573-75, found it in the gardens of Tripoli. In America, it is men- 

 tioned by McMahon,^ 1806. Its roots are now included in our leading seed catalogs. 

 Tarragon has a fragrant smell and an aromatic taste for which it is greatly esteemed by 

 the French. In Persia, it has long been customary to use the leaves to create an appetite. 

 Together Wkh the young tips, the leaves are put in salads, in pickles and in vinegar for 

 a fish sauce. They are also eaten with beefsteaks, served with horseradish. Tarragon 

 vinegar, says Mcintosh,' is much esteemed. 



A. maritima Linn, worm-seed. 



Caucasian region, Siberia and Europe. It is a bitter tonic and aromatic. It was 

 formerly used to make a conserve with sugar.'' 



A. mutellina Vill. alpine wormwood. 



Europe. The plant is used on the continent in the preparation of Eau d'absinthe, 

 which is in request amongst epicures.^ 



A. spicata Wulf. spiked wormwood. 



Europe. The plant is used on the continent in the preparation of Eau d'absinthe. 



A. vulgaris Linn, fellon-herb. mugwort. 



Northern temperate regions. Mugwort was employed, says Johnson," to a great extent 

 for flavoring beer before the introduction of the hop. It is still used in England to flavor 

 the home-made beer of the cottagers. On the continent, it is occasionally employed as 

 an aromatic, cuUnary herb. 



Artocarpus brasiliensis Gomez. Urticaceae. jack. 



Brazil. Professor Hartt ' says the jack is cultivated in the province of Bahia and 

 to the north, at Sao Matheus and occasionally as far south as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 

 fruit is of immense size, being sometimes a foot and a half in the longer diameter. The 

 seeds are largely used as food and the pulp is nutritious. In some parts, a kind of farina 

 is prepared from the seeds, but this use is by no means general. 



A. hirsuta Lam. 



East Indies. The fruit is the size of a large orange. The pulpy substance is much 

 relished by the natives, being almost as good as the fruit of the jack.^ 



A. incisa Linn. f. breadfruit. 



This most useful tree is nowhere found growing wild but is now extensively cultivated 

 in warm regions. It is first described by the writer of Mendana's Voyage to the Marquesas 

 Islands, 1595. It has been distributed from the Moluccas, by way of Celebes and New 

 Guinea, throughout all the islands of the Pacific Ocean to Tahiti. Breadfnut is also 



' Gronovius Fl. Orient. 106. 1755. 

 McMahon, B. Amer. Card. Cat. 511. 1806. 

 > Mcintosh, C. Book Card. 2:167. iSSS- 

 Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 152. 1862. 

 Balfour, J. H. Man. Bat. 521. 1875. 

 Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 154. 1862. 

 'Hartt, C.F. Geog. Braz. 245. 1870. 

 Drury, H. Useful Pis. Ind. 51. 1858. 



