The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28


their original sizs In this condition they
resemble raisns somewhat They ara pre-
pared b. boiling or ID sWeetmeats- JACK
| ais. bears, Wild pigs and deer are eN-
| travagantly fond OF the blossomsi N
| facL almost every animal, WHO or oo-
nestle eats them gTeedily. Sometimes
| they are baked into cakes
There are immense forests Of these but
| ter trees IN India, and the flowers may
/ some day become an important article ot
commerce They are produced IN VS.
/ quantities. anording drink a. we'll as looA
20 Wnoie pQpulauous- Inrf seclete uio-
than half their weight In sugar and yield
| good deal or that substance Tor 90
nestle use A powerful alcoholic oeNer-
age, somewhat resembling irish WHISKY
| IN flavor. Is distilled from them IL j. a
| dinusihle stimulant like brandy, and -
| the mountainous tracts OF the central ia
| Die land Of India In fact, this j. the
liquor Of the country, ana every Nllldee
has little shop for the sale Of a.. Many
/ OF the dlsuAeries are situated IN the
very heart of the forest.
In Sind and the Paujab, as wen as pm
| Afghanlstan, grows a shrub known As
"Phogalh-" Botanists have named Il Cal
lgnum polygonOides. Its small reu-pklk
flowers are dried and eaten by the poorer
classes; Usually they are made into bread
| or cooked with fluid butter. They are
i likewise prepared with cOcoanut OIL Iae
ripening blossoms. on The air with a
pleasant odor as OF Overripe straw berries
/ They contain IS per cent. or sugar.
In India the young flowers Of the banana
tb5s en5 hv o,csSing them in vineeat Ia Is
/ almost beyond a doubt that the banana
/ was originally native OF india ana south
/ ern Asia Thence II was brought % Amer
/ lea at comparatively recent period by
/ means unknown. The Melianthus major
/ grows wild and plentifully In the region
| Of Cape Colony, where people gather the
/ flowers for fosd by shaking the branches.
| when they fan In a heavy shower; The
blossoms are Yerltaole cups OF no l
i syrup. In India the flowers OF kind or
| sorrel. which have a pleasant acid taste,
| are made into tarts and 1ellles. Ihe bios
SONS Of the shaddock are used Tor nav
/ Oring swcetmeats IA the same country
Gloves. so well known as an aromatic
| spice, are the dried flower buds or a tree
| They get their name from the French
word "clou." which means a nail. owing
| to their peculiar shape. They are col
| lected by heating the trees with Sucks.
sheets Afterward they are dried in the
sun. For many years the Dutch had a
monopoly Of cloye culture, restrlctng IL
| TO the Island of Amboyna and eNurpating
| all but a limited number OF the trees. Al
present however, cloves are extensively
| grown in the West indies ana elsewhere.
| All parts Of the tree are, aroma NC, OWING
| to the presence of n peculiar volatile OIL;
| Capers are the flower buds Of bramhle-
! like plant which grows on walls ana FENCES
! in Southern Europe. They are prepared
| simply by picking the buds in vinegar.
| Most Of the capers that supply the market
come from Sicily, though they are also
| cultivated largely in the south or france.
| II is estimated that 100000 pounds OF them
| are collected annually in Europe. The
| unripe seeds Of the garden nasturtum are
| sometimes substituted fraudulently FOR ca
| pers. There is tail tree native 20 INDIA
| called by botanists Dlllenia speciosa. lts
flowers are large and very beautli9l, Win
| white petals and a bunch OF golden yell
| low stamens In the center, the atigmas ra-
| dating therefrom like stan These dos
SONS when gathered young are added TO
The saffron Of commerce is the dried
stigmas Of species OF croeus FROM q re-
| mote period 1t has been highly priced Tor
| coloring and iavoring foods. II y largely
! employed In India IN this way. The best
| quality comes from Spain the French pc
| ing deemed seconu grade. All over Europe
| II Is extensively grown. being used by con-
| fectoners and in the manufacture or IL
| duors 1t has a bitter taste and pene-
| trating aromatic Odor Seventy thousand
| OF the stigmas are required TO make one
| pound Of saffron, a single gram of which
| represents the stigmas of nine flowers.
| The flower petals Of a species OF Gus
| tard ample called Anona senegalensis are
! used on the Niger for haYoring dlshes.
| Cowslips are sometimes fermented with
| sugar for wine, communicating to the
latter an aromatic flavor like that Of
| muscatel Meadow-sweet Is likewise uti-
| lized by wine merchants to improve the
flavor OF their goods. The beautiful
| frightened fiOwers Of the Quassla amara
are valued In Jamaica for the help they
| give to Indigestion when infused in wine
| and water. The flowers OF the judas
tree are made into fritters. with butter
| added, or mixed with salads; or sometimes
the flower buds are picked IN vinegar
Art.chokes are immature flower heads
| and caullhowers are a sort of flowers.
| One of the most interesting OF ancient
| wonder tales Is the story OF country
where people eat OF a certain kind OF
| flowers, and thereupon lost all memory OF
| home and friends Homer tells about
these Lotophagi. or lotus eaters. But
what the lotus was has long be "a dis
puted. and the question Is not likely 70
be settled. The natural Inference would
seem to be that II was the common Egyp-
tian lotus, but that variety of water lily
possesses no narcotic properties. II Is
possible that the opium poppy was referr-
ed to. The writer Is indebted for much
| OF his Information to the Gardeners
| Chrnnlcle. an English nmhIcatlon.