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are very injurious to cold weak stomachs, as 

 they pass undigested ; they disagree very 

 much with hypochondriac persons, and fe- 

 males who are troubled with hysterics. 



Turned lettuce, when dried and put on 

 the fire or on hot coals, sparkles like nitre. 



Young lettuce may be raised in forty-eight 

 hours, by first steeping the seed in brandy, 

 and then sowing it in a hot-house. 



The seeds of this plant are of an emollient 

 nature. 



ENDIVE.— CICHORIUM. 



This plant is a species of succory, and is 

 arranged under the same class and order as 

 the lettuce. 



Modern botanical writers state, that the 

 common garden endive is a native of the 

 East Indies, without noticing what the an- 

 cient European authors have said of it. 



Ovid mentions it in his tale of Philemon 

 and Baucis : 



A garden salad was the third supply, 

 Of endive, radishes, and succory." 



Columella thus notices this vegetable, 



" And endives, which the blunted palate please." 



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