Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer, Vol. 9: A Chronicle of Country Pursuits and Country Life, Including Bee-Keeping; July to December, 1864 Roots, Fruits, Prepared Flowers, Leaves, &c., Dry Food, Grasses, Medi cinal Plants, ac. With each particulars of its uses, qualities, &c., are given, analyses of many of the most important being also furnished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.