Observations on such nutritive vegetables as may be substituted in the place of ordinary food, in times of scarcity.

  • Parmentier, Antoine Augustin, 1737-1813.
Date:
1783
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Credit: Observations on such nutritive vegetables as may be substituted in the place of ordinary food, in times of scarcity. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    ♦ [ 74 3 Field Broomgrafs, Bromus fecal inus. [The fame precautions are neceffary to be taken with the feeds of this grafs as with thofe of the preceding.] Cow Wheat, Cock’s-comb, Hare’s-foot, Corn Spurrey, Knot-grafs, Snakeweed, Com Cockle, Melampyrum arvenfe. Rhinafithus criftagalli. Trifoiium arvenfe. Spergula arvenfis. Polygonum avicularc. Polygonum convolvulus. Agroftemma Githago. # The seeds of the foregoing may be ufed for food, but it is from the roots of the following plants that we are to derive the fame advantage. * Heath peafe, Orobus tuberofus. [The root and feeds may be ufed for food.] * Wild Carrot, Daucus Carota. Hare-bells, Hyacinthus non-feriptus. [The roots of this plant are faid by fome to