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known and used among our own working folk, for 

 not only lias it the finest- feeding power, but it is 

 easily made and very good to eat. The "mess of 

 red pottage " for which Esau sold his birthright 

 could have been nothing but Lentil soup. 



Every one who has to do with horses knows how 

 not only nourishing but also how highly stimulating 

 are some Beans added to the usual feed. 



The large botanical order Compositce, that gives 

 Us so many garden flowers (Sunflowers, Michaelmas 

 Daisies, Chrysanthemums, and hosts of others), is 

 largely represented in the kitchen garden. All the 

 varieties of salad of which Lettuce is the type 

 come within this order, and are themselves nearly 

 related. They come under a sub-head as the 

 Chicory group. This includes Lettuces, Endive, 

 Dandelion, and the kinds of Chicory that we use 

 for winter forcing. The wild Chicory or Succory, 

 so frequent by roadsides in chalky soils, has pale 

 blue flowers of a very delicate and pretty quality ; 

 the stems are extremely tough, and if one wants to 

 bring home a bunch of the pretty blooms and has 

 no knife, it is difficult to know how to pick them. 



Being confronted with this difficulty on one 

 occasion, it occurred to me that where there is 

 chalk there are flints, and that moreover where 

 there are broken flints a fairly sharp edge may be 

 found. Luckily there was a whole heap of flints 



