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POPULAR ECONOMIC BOTANY. 



nosporuMy T. griseum, T, moschatmij and T, rufum, all of 

 which are highly prized for their delicate flavour, which is 

 employed in sauces and soups. Dogs are trained to scent 

 them out. We receive them from France and Italy pre- 

 served in oil, and many are found in England, particularly 

 in the neighbourhood of Salisbury Plain. The imports are 

 small, and the value very high. 



MoEELL. Morchella esculenta, (Nat. Ord. Fungi,) 

 Another much-esteemed fungus, found growing in woods 

 and orchards, and on banks under shady hedgerows. They 

 are imported from Italy in a dry state, and are principally 

 used for soups. 



We now close the series of food-products ; but it must 

 not be supposed that we have exhausted the boundless pro- 

 fusion of nature. In order to keep the subject witliin the 

 limits of a popular work like the present, it was necessary 

 to confine ourselves to a selection, and we have chosen those 

 vegetable prodjictions which constitute, not only the food, 

 but also the foreign commerce of our country ; in doing so, 

 we think most of our readers will acknowledge that man is 

 largely indebted to the Giver of all good things."*^ 



