THE BOOK OF 

 ASPARAGUS 



WITH SECTIONS ALSO ON CELERY 

 SALSIFY SCORZONERA AND SEAK ALE 



CHARLES ILOTT, F.R.H.S. 



LECTURER ON HORTICULTURE TO THE CORNWALL COUNTY COUNCIL 



TOGETHER WITH CHAPTERS ON THE 

 HISTORY, DECORATIVE USES AND 

 COOKERY OF THESE VEGETABLES 

 BY THE EDITOR 



JOHN LANE: THE BODLEY HEAD 

 LONDON AND NEW YORK. MCMI 



